General Motors Corp. said on Friday that it would recall nearly 300,000 Saturn L Series sedans and wagons because of problems with brake and tail lights.

The defect was found in certain 2000-2002 model years of the L- Series sedan and 2000-2004 model year L-Series wagon, potentially affecting 291,652 vehicles. The recall is expected to begin in September.

The company said that in some vehicles the plastic coating in the rear tail lamp assembly could become distorted if the brake light remains on for an extended period of time. It could make the brake or tail light inoperable or cause it to short circuit, leading to the failure of both brake lamps and the center, high- mounted stop lamp.

There has been at least 50 complaints and two crashes associated with the problem but no injuries were reported, GM said.

Source: Xinhua