Nearly 70,000 Cadillac and Chevy EVs Are Being Recalled — And the Brakes Can Briefly Cut Out in a Spot You Drive Every Day

The crash was so slow it barely sounds like one. No highway, no storm, no other car — just a 2024 Cadillac LYRIQ, a garage, and a few feet of concrete that should have been plenty.

The SUV hit the garage anyway.

That low-speed collision, described in a safety filing General Motors sent to federal regulators on Oct. 29, set off a chain of events that has now ended in a recall of 67,380 electric vehicles across two of America’s best-known badges. The problem is not worn pads or a leaking line. It lives inside the software that runs the brakes, and it wakes up in a place almost every owner rolls through at least twice a day.

The Garage Door That Started an Investigation

According to GM’s Part 573 safety recall report, summarized by The BRAKE Report, the trouble surfaced on April 10, 2026. A GM technical expert filed a report through the company’s internal Speak Up for Safety program after reviewing the LYRIQ’s run-in with the garage.

What made the incident alarming was not the damage. It was the timing. The circumstances matched an earlier brake recall, but this car had already been built with the software improvements GM used to fix that one.

GM engineers went looking for the gap. Preliminary testing, the filing says, duplicated the condition. The company opened a formal product investigation on Aug. 18, and on Oct. 22 its safety decision committee ordered the recall.

When GM combed through legal files, warranty data and complaints sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, it found 24 field reports that may be connected, dating from Feb. 28, 2024 to June 11, 2026. Twenty involved minor accidents. Two came with allegations of minor injuries, USA TODAY reported.

The Exact Moment the Brakes Let Go

Here is where the danger hides, and why so many drivers will recognize it instantly.

The failure needs a very specific mix, according to the NHTSA recall report: light braking, low speed, a sharp turn — and then a bump or dip, “such as at the end of a driveway.” That jolt can cause “a momentary release and reapplication of the brakes,” which “may cause the software’s slip calculation to misinterpret wheel movement.”

In plain English, the car’s brain briefly misreads how the wheels are moving against the ground. Brake pressure drops for a moment. GM says normal braking comes back on the next press of the pedal, but by then a slow-rolling EV may already have found the garage door, the mailbox or whatever sits at the end of the drive. GM’s own filing says the temporary loss of brakes increases the risk of a crash.

GM says the quirk is tied to certain vehicles with performance all-wheel drive. That is why the list is so specific.

Is Your Car on the List?

These are the vehicles covered by NHTSA recall 26V717 (GM number N262570900):

• 2023–2027 Cadillac LYRIQ with all-wheel drive — the bulk of the recall, including 22,819 from model year 2024 alone. Two-wheel-drive LYRIQs are not included, Motor1 reported.
• 2026–2027 Cadillac VISTIQ — 18,802 in total, the second-largest group.
• 2024–2027 Chevrolet Blazer EV, but only the SS and police pursuit (PPV) trims with performance all-wheel drive — 3,911 vehicles.
• 2025–2026 Cadillac CELESTIQ, the hand-built flagship — just 82 cars.

GM estimates that every one of the recalled vehicles has the defect.

What owners should do:

• Check your VIN now at NHTSA.gov/recalls. GM’s owner letters are not expected until Dec. 14, so you don’t have to wait.
• Get the free fix. GM will update the brake system control module software at no cost. Owners who have accepted the terms for over-the-air updates can get it wirelessly; anyone can have it done at a GM dealer.
• Call if you have questions: Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.
• Drive with extra care in the danger zone — slow, sharp turns over driveway lips and dips — until the update is installed.

GM has not told owners to stop driving or park outside, according to the filing.

The Fix That Already Failed Once

This is the part that will sting for some LYRIQ owners. They have been here before.

In 2024, GM recalled 21,469 all-wheel-drive LYRIQs for a similar braking problem, Motor1 reported. The new filing confirms that software did not close the gap for certain performance all-wheel-drive setups — LYRIQs from that first recall that have performance all-wheel drive are on the new list too, and GM says the new update addresses both problems.

And there is one more wrinkle. Canada’s Driving.ca reported that GM had not yet finished the new software for 2023 and 2024 model-year LYRIQs, the cars that have been on the road the longest.

GM says it has already corrected the software on the production line, starting with the 2027 Blazer EV on Aug. 8, the 2026 LYRIQ on Sept. 7 and the 2027 VISTIQ on Oct. 21. Newer cars rolling off the line now should not carry the flaw.

For everyone else, the advice comes down to one number on a windshield and one patch of concrete. Look up the VIN tonight. And the next time you swing into your driveway, remember how this recall began: with a Cadillac, a slow roll, and a garage it never should have touched.