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General Motors (GM) is recalling 1.3 million small cars in North America because of a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes.
The firm said four models were affected - the Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, Pontiac Pursuit and Pontiac 4, the BBC reports.
It said the fault meant that at low speeds "greater steering effort may be required", but that the cars could still be "safely controlled".
GM blamed the fault on a supplier partially owned by Toyota.
GM vice-chairman Bob Lutz said the supplier had not met "all requirements for reliability and durability".
"So we will have to see who takes financial responsibility," he said. "But this is a risk you sometimes take when you buy a complete system from a supplier."
