GM recalls 3 million more cars, 200,000 in Canada

General Motors added a number of recalls to its growing list today, pushing its total mostly in North America to more than 11 million this year.

The company said Thursday it isrecalling nearly threemillion more cars and trucks to fix problems with brake lights, headlamps and power brakes.

The bulk of the threemillion include the following modelyears, which are being recalledbecause the brake light wires can corrode, causing the lights to fail:

• 2004-2012 Chevrolet Malibu.
• 2004-2007 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx.
• 2005-2010 Pontiac G6.
• 2007-2010 Saturn Auras.

A total of2.4 million of those vehicles are being recalled worldwide, including194,314 in Canada.The Detroit automaker said it knows of several hundred complaints, 13 crashes and two injuries caused by the problem.

There are also smaller recalls for the following vehicles:

• 2005-2007Chevrolet Corvettes.
• 2013-2014Cadillac CTS.
• 2014Chevrolet Silverado.
• 2014 GMC Sierra.
• 20142015 Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs.

When those figures are included, the total number of new recalled GM cars in Canada jumps to201,683, and just under threemillion worldwide.

Along with sizeable recalls from Toyota, Ford, Chrysler and others, GM's actions have the U.S. auto industry on pace to break the record of 30.8 million recalled vehicles set in 2004. GM also is close to breaking its own U.S. recall record of 11.8 million, also from 2004.

The company expects to take a $200-million charge this quarter for the added recalls.