General Motors said it has issued a stop-sales order and recalled about 1,750 new-model Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks and Chevrolet Malibu sedans in the U.S. and Canada because of potentially defective front airbags.
Some of the 2016 models will also be recalled in Mexico, but GM did not immediately say how many.
There have been no reported injuries related to the airbags placed in the steering wheel of the vehicles.
GM did not name the supplier of the potentially faulty airbag module, but said it was not made by Takata Corp., which is embroiled in a recall of millions of its airbag inflators.
GM spokesman Tom Wilkinson said the issue is not expected to significantly affect sales of the popular midsize pickups or midsize sedan. Any delay in sales is expected to be short-lived, he said. U.S. law keeps dealers from selling a vehicle involved in a recall without fixing it first.
