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General Motors Recalls More than 900,000 vehicles Save Email Print
Posted: 4:19 PM Aug 29, 2008
Last Updated: 4:19 PM Aug 29, 2008

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General Motors recalls more than 900,000 vehicles because of a problem That could lead to a fire. The company says a short circuit in the heated windshield wiper fluid system could cause electrical features to malfunction in various 2006, '07 and '08 Models.

The recall involves more than 850,000 SUV's, trucks and passenger cars in the U.S. and about 100,000 vehicles in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. Dealers will fix the problem free of charge by installing a wire harness with an in-line fuse.

Here's a list of the vehicles involved in the recall:

2008 Buick Enclave, 2006-2008 Buick Lucerne, 2006-2008 Cadillac DTS, versions
of the 2007-2008 Cadillac Escalade, 2007-2008 Chevrolet Avalanche, Silverado,
Tahoe and Suburban, 2007-2008 GMC Acadia, Sierra, Yukon and Yukon XL, 2006-2008
Hummer H2 and 2007-2008 Saturn Outlook.

For more information, owners may contact Buick at (866)608-8080, Cadillac at
(800) 982-2339, Chevrolet at (800) 630-2438, Saturn at (800) 972-8876, GMC at
(866) 996-9436 or Hummer at (800)
732-5493.

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