GM Boosts Recall Total to 13.6 Million Vehicles

General Motors Co. is launching four more vehicle recalls, this time covering 2.4 million cars, pickup trucks and crossover vehicles with various flaws.

The new batch of campaigns hikes the company's recall volume to 13.6 million units some of which are involved in multiple events so far this year.

GM expects to take an additional $400 million charges in the second quarter to cover the 29 recalls it has announced in 2014 to date, bringing the total for the year to about $1.7 billion.

The largest of today's campaigns entails more than 1.3 million Saturn Outlook crossovers (2009-2010 model years) and Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia large crossovers (2009-2014). GM says affected vehicles have seatbelt cables that may deteriorate and compromise the performance of the seatbelts in a crash.

A second recall will replace worn shift cables in nearly 1.1 million Chevrolet Malibu (2004-2008) and Pontiac G6 (2005-2008) sedans with 4-speed automatic transmissions. If the cable wears enough, the car could be in a different gear than the one indicated by the shift selector.

A much smaller recall will fix an incorrectly mounted airbag on the passenger side of 1,400 Cadillac Escalade large SUVs (2015 models). A second small campaign will replace a defective electrical system clip that could cause a fire in 58 of the company's 2015 model Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD model large pickups.