Another GM Recall, 79th This Year

GM is currently cleaning out its various closets: for the 79th time this year, a recall has been issued, this time targeting 320,000 vehicles…

According to the recall, 2006-2007 GMC Envoys, Chevrolet Trailblazers and Buick Rainiers, 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXTs and GMC Envoy XLs, 2006-2008 Saab 9-7Xs and Isuzu Ascenders and Buick Lacrosses from the same era are equipped with a faulty headlamp driver module. According to the manufacturer, this electronic device can short-circuit, and the daytime-running lamps and/or low beams could flicker intermittently or even turn off completely. However, GM wants to reassure its customers that even if the low beams or the daytime-running lamps were to break, the tail lamps and the high beams would remain operational. About 43,000 of the affected vehicles are located in Canada.

If you own one of these vehicles, it would be a good idea to have it checked; another recall targeted some of these trucks in July regarding a faulty window switch that could catch fire…

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