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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Monday that its investigative section has launched a preliminary information aft receiving aggregate reports of Cadillac Lyriq electrical vehicles losing their brake boost assistance functions.
A Cadillac Lyriq electrical conveyance (EV) nether General Motors is seen during its world premiere connected a media time for nan Auto Shanghai show successful Shanghai, China April 19, 2021. (REUTERS/Aly Song / Reuters Photos)
The agency's announcement said nan section reports allege Lyriqs from the 2023 exemplary year person had instances of a difficult brake pedal, followed by a "Brake System Failure" connection astatine commencement up aliases while driving.
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The agency said General Motors, which owns Cadillac, acknowledged that nan physics brake power module known arsenic "eBoost" has an soul spindle that tin fracture during an Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) event.
The General Motors world office agency is seen astatine Detroit's Renaissance Center. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)
ABS prevents nan wheels from locking brakes and slipping erstwhile applied, further reducing nan consequence of an accident.
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Due to nan spindle fracture, nan vehicles tin suffer brake assist, acquisition velocity limitation, and ABS would suffer immoderate functionality, GM said per nan NHTSA report.
GM did not instantly respond to FOX Business' petition for comment.
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GM has not issued a recall for nan 3,322 vehicles impacted, but has readied an over-the-air update, which will alert drivers if nan spindle fractures, nan NHTSA said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
