GM expands recall for power steering problems

New York

GENERAL Motors is recalling more than 81,000 cars because their power steering systems could suddenly fail, making the vehicles harder to turn. The action expands a recall from March that covered 1.3 million vehicles in the United States.

The automaker is aware of one crash, but no injuries, related to a defect in the cars' electronic power steering system, Alan Adler, a GM spokesman, wrote in an email.