国内英语新闻:Shanghai GM recalls imported Captiva jeeps

SHANGHAI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai General Motors (SGM) is contacting the owners of 2,065 Captive jeeps to recall the vehicles for repair due to risk of steering malfunction, the company said on Friday.

The defected vehicles were manufactured by GM Daewoo Auto in the Republic of Korea between Sept. 18, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2008, said a spokesman with SGM.

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) released a bulletin on Friday, approving SGM's application for the recall.

SGM had received no customer reports on the defect, the spokesman said.

GAQSIQ has stopped the importation of GM Daewoo Auto's Captive jeeps, according to the bulletin.