General Motors will be forced to recall approximately 727,000 GMC Terrain SUVs over a headlight issue after its bid to overturn the recall was denied.
It was back in 2019 when the car manufacturer petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in an attempt to squash the recall of Terrain models with headlight beams that were too bright and could cause glare for oncoming drivers. General Motors claimed that the issue did not impact safety.
However, the NHTSA recently denied the request in a document posted online. While GM says it is reviewing the decision and trying to figure out what its next move will be, it’s very likely that it will have to issue a recall of Terrain models built between 2010 and 2017.
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General Motors had claimed that its headlights met recognized industry standards and that it had only received one complaint from a customer about the lights shining up into trees. However, the NHTSA states that the headlight beam was three times brighter than allowed, AP reports.
This is far from the only recall that General Motors is currently dealing with as in February, a recall was issued for just under two dozen C8 Corvette models and another one was announced for almost 1,800 GMC Yukon, Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, and Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe models.
These recalls come on the back of GM’s ongoing struggles with the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt. The automaker continues to replace the battery packs of around 140,000 Bolt EV and Bolt EUV models built between 2017 and 2022 and recently announced that production of the vehicles will finally resume on April 4, 2022.
