Basic Motors (GM) will repair a just lately launched recall into certainly one of Cadillac’s electrical autos (EVs) via a software program replace, after house owners reported points with the brakes and anti-lock braking system (ABS).
The Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) introduced a recall of 21,469 Cadillac Lyriq EV models with 2023 to 2024 mannequin years on Tuesday, citing a problem the place the ABS perform prompts unexpectedly, inflicting brake stress to launch abruptly. GM plans to deploy a free software program replace for Lyriq house owners to repair the difficulty, whereas the NHTSA plans to mail proprietor letters on September 23.
“In uncommon circumstances, throughout sure braking occasions on dry surfaces at speeds beneath 25 mph, the car might exhibit overly delicate anti-lock braking system (ABS) management,” writes the NHTSA in its recall report. “In these circumstances, if ABS falsely prompts and a particular sequence of wheel actions happens, the car’s ABS system will proceed to launch the braking stress within the car’s service brake system.”
The problem solely entails all-wheel-drive configurations of the Lyriq, and the NHTSA says it believes the difficulty to have an effect on just one p.c of the models being evaluated. The NHTSA recall quantity for the difficulty is 24V-589, and this comes after the regulator launched a preliminary investigation into the difficulty just a few months in the past.
The NHTSA introduced its investigation into the Lyriq EV braking failure in April, initially claiming a lack of brake increase as a result of drawback in roughly 3,000 models.
You may see the complete NHTSA recall report for the Cadillac Lyriq beneath, as launched on Monday. You may also view the recall acknowledgement letter right here.
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The Cadillac Lyriq was pretty wanted when it launched in 2021, with reservations for the EV promoting out inside ten minutes of launch. GM additionally posted document EV gross sales within the second quarter of the yr, up 40 p.c from the identical interval final yr.
Nonetheless, GM executives have made cautionary statements in regards to the firm’s EV investments in latest weeks, with VP of World Manufacturing and Sustainability Gerald Johnson saying that the automaker wanted to proceed adjusting its plans to fulfill market demand.
“We’re nonetheless assured in these investments, however we do need to be agile sufficient to time and/or retime a few of our startup dates in order that we’re hitting the market with the proper product on the proper timeframe,” Johnson stated to Automotive Information late final month. “The plans that we laid out a yr in the past, now we have to have the ability to have a look at the market as we speak and make changes and act accordingly. I believe that’s good enterprise.”
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