One of the “Big Three” U.S. automakers has just become the latest to announce a major recall due to a possibly dangerous issue.
This time, General Motors is warning drivers of more than 90,000 vehicles that they need to address a potential transmission malfunction.
As Fox Business reported:
The automaker said in a recall report submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the transmission control valve inside some 2020-2021 Cadillac CT4, 2020-2021 Cadillac CT5, 2019-2020 Cadillac CT6 and 2020-2022 Chevrolet Camaro vehicles featuring a 10-speed transmission could suffer “excess wear” over time that could result in “harsh shifting” and a “momentary” lock up of the wheels in “rare cases.”
A brief lock-up of the wheels while the recalled vehicles are in motion could pose an “increased risk of a crash,” according to the NHTSA recall report.
“This recall only involves vehicles equipped with the 10-speed transmission,” the report said of the recalled vehicles. “Vehicles equipped with other transmissions are not affected by this recall.”
GM told FOX Business in a statement that the “safety of our customers is the highest priority for the entire GM team” and that the automaker was “working to remedy this matter through a software update as quickly as possible.”
As with any widespread product recall, GM’s announcement quickly began to spread on social media.
Gearboxes are so 2000. Buy a Tesla! pic.twitter.com/dX6nPOONh9
— Southern Electric (@TeslaTex22) March 17, 2025
Several users seized on an opportunity to jab U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who recently made a spectacle of trading his Tesla for a GM-produced Chevy in solidarity with other anti-Elon Musk activists nationwide:
They just recall
90 thousand GM vehicles today.— byron frehn (@tinmanburgh3) March 18, 2025
Ye & GM just like Ford often does just issued another. Zbig recall this time on 90,000 vehicles with Transmission issues let us know how that works out for you
— Dennis Lee Morgan Jr (@dennislee431) March 17, 2025
NBC News provided additional coverage of the issue and events leading up to the recall:
GM had previously looked into the issue, it said. Because the lock-ups generally lasted less than 150 milliseconds, the company determined that after no related accidents or injuries were reported, it wasn’t enough time for the vehicle to lose control and closed the investigation, according to the safety administration.
The probe was reopened in November, with a GM investigator finding 115 reports of lock-ups, with one leading to an accident, the NHTSA said.
GM’s Safety Field Action Decision Authority decided to conduct a safety recall on Feb. 27, the safety administration said.
Affected owners will be notified starting next month and can get new transmission control software that will detect excessive safety valve wear and prevent wheel lock-ups.
Here’s some additional coverage of the issue:
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