The law firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment and GM declined to comment.

The Detroit company said it expected to take a charge of up to about $200 million in the second quarter for the latest recalls, mostly for the cost of repairs. In the first quarter, GM took a charge of $1.3 billion mostly related to the ignition switch recall.

Of the 2,991,140 vehicles recalled on Thursday, more than 2.7 million were sold in the United States, more than 201,000 in Canada, more than 1,200 in Mexico and more than 76,000 were exported outside North America.

In the tail lamp recall, GM said it was aware of several hundred complaints, 13 crashes and two injuries. It had issued a dealer service bulletin for the problem in 2008 and recalled a smaller number of vehicles in January 2009. GM said it was not aware of any fatalities related to Thursday's recalls.

In the Malibu recall, GM caught a potential faulty brake issue on April 24, during development of an upcoming model, and after further testing ordered a recall on May 7, according to documents filed with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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