FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen at the General Motors Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Lansing, Michigan October 26, 2015. Photo taken October 26. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
December 17, 2019
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday it is upgrading an investigation into 1.7 million General Motors Co <GM.N> vehicles for windshield wiper failures.
The auto safety agency opened the probe in November 2018 to see if GM needed to expand a 2016 recall of 2013 model year Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain SUVs to cover additional vehicles.
The probe covers 2010-2012 and 2014-2016 Equinox and Terrain vehicles.
NHTSA said it has seen elevated failure rates in the 1.7 million vehicles, even though GM said the recalled vehicles have a much higher failure rate.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; editing by Jason Neely)
