WASHINGTON --- General Motors Corp. is recalling about 300,000 Chevrolet HHR sport utility vehicles to fix a storage bin door that failed to remain closed during government testing.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on its Web site Monday that the recall involves HHRs from the 2006-08 model years.
During a test last spring, the glove compartment box in the top center of the instrument panel failed to remain closed in line with a federal safety standard.
GM will send owners a latch reinforcement. Owners will get instructions to install the part or have their dealer install it.
GM expects to notify owners and dealers of the issue in late November because of the availability of parts.
In other news, NHTSA is urging owners of 5 million recalled Ford vehicles to take them to dealerships to repair a cruise control switch system that has been tied to engine fires.
The agency on Tuesday issued a second consumer advisory to owners of certain unrepaired Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sport utility vehicles, pickups, vans and passenger cars who have not responded to previous recalls.
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