General Motors Co., recalling an additional 2.7 million vehicles for potentially faulty brake lights and other issues, pushed its total number of cars and trucks called back for repairs in the U.S. this year to 11.2 million, the most ever for the automaker, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. The 2014 total through mid-May is more than GM recalled during the previous six years combined, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration records. The Detroit-based company’s previous peak year for recalls in the U.S. was 10.7 million in 2004, according to NHTSA records. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra is already grappling with the recall of 2.59 million small cars for a defective ignition switch linked to 13 deaths. The bulk of yesterday’s five recalls cover 2.44 million Chevrolet, Pontiac and Saturn cars dating back to the 2004 model year. Corrosion can affect wiring and cause brake lights to fail to illuminate, Detroit-based GM said yesterday.
