General Motors is recalling over 200,000 older Chevrolet small cars in the U.S. over a potential fire hazard, adding to the No. 1 automaker's record recall total this year, according to Reuters.

The automaker is dealing with a number of recalls at the moment, including one involving defective ignition switches linked to 13 deaths.

GM has been criticized as of late by safety advocates and was recently fined by safety regulators for failing to address the ignition switch issue in a timely manner.

The Detroit automaker knew about the defective switches since 2001, yet did nothing about it until earlier this year.

Just a day after announcing a recall of 2.6 million vehicles globally, most of which reside in the U.S., GM is now calling back 218,000 Chevy Aveo vehicles in the U.S.

Affected vehicles were manufactured for the 2004 through 2008 model years.

The vehicles were recalled as a part in the daytime running lights could overheat, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

GM hasn't commented yet regarding the latest recall.

In the U.S. this year, GM has recalled almost 11.8 million vehicles, easily topping the record of 10.7 million vehicles the company recalled back in 2004.

Globally, GM has recalled over 15.6 million vehicles, according to Reuters.

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