Feds might remember a million GM cars Add.

TOM KRISHER - 2 days

Safety regulators in the United States study, whether more than 1 million General Motors of midsize cars a recall for brake problems added.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that it be verified complaints about the 2004-2011 Chevrolet Malibu and the 2007 to 2009 Saturn Aura. The Agency says that the brake lights may not come when the pedal is pressed, while at other times the lights, no reason can illuminate.

In 2009 GM mid-sized vehicles from the model year recalled about 8,000 Pontiac G6 2005 for the same problem. The Government announced in February that it examined whether added sold 550,000 G6s from 2005 to 2009.

Now, the Agency has examined 97 complaints from Malibu and aura owner about the same problems. The two cars share many of the same parts with the G6, but GM spokesman were unsure Tuesday whether all three cars have the same brake lights.

The Detroit company sold more than 1.5 million years ago and auras from 2004 to 2011, AutoInfoBank was loud, but it was unclear how many of them are involved in the investigation.

No additional recalled in addition the 8,000 cars to called issued for repairs in 2009, although NHTSA says that it opened the probe "should be to determine whether extended the scope of the callback, or an adaptation of the existing remedies is required."

NHTSA says, if the brake lights do not illuminate and drivers will not be warned behind the cars that could lead to a crash. A GM spokesman said on Tuesday that the company has no reports of crashes or injuries.

In the 2009 recall, GM tracked the problem to corrosion in a cable connection. Traders were to fix it, by you a lubricant on the connector to prevent corrosion. The company in October 2010 posted in detail how similar brake light problems in the optional equipment list and auras to resolve a service bulletin to dealers, said NHTSA.

Some owners that G6 problems complained said brake light also the cruise control may not exercise or unintentionally will solve.

Owner, the brake lamp, or cruise control problems suggest should take their cars to any Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac or GMC dealer. GM shut down Pontiac and Saturn in the year 2010 as part of its massive restructuring brands.

Trade shares of General Motors co. rose 16 cents to $28.47 Tuesday morning.

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General Motors might report a record profit

GM employees of Maurice Vauss checks the fit and eco finish one Chevy Malibu 2013.

By msnbc.com staff

Only three years after the automaker is in the bankruptcy driving government-run, require a massive bailout by the taxpayer-funded to keep in business, General Motors his sights on more than $10 billion per year, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper reported that GM is already on the way to achieve this goal, citing company sources the magazine said seen have, that the company in the fourth quarter 2011 results, which will be reported next week. GM is net profit of around $8 billion, the highest ever, and almost twice the previous year's $ 4.7 billion figure, the newspaper said.

Growth in China and strong profits in North America, where GM has to shed billions of dollars in costs and was capable of higher prices, command is the improved quarterly profit, reported the magazine.

On top of the quarterly gain, GM also to his Gewinnspanne--the part of revenue left after the payment of Aufwendungen--currently 6 percent to 10 percent in the next few years, Daniel Ammann, chief financial officer, said the magazine. It would be the highest profit margin in the automotive industry.

In the year 2009 billion of dollars to lose before dying out, GM had to take a rescue by the Government of about $50 billion and go through a Government run bankruptcy.

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