Nov 13 (Reuters) - General Motors ( GM ) will recall

461,839 vehicles over an issue with transmission, the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday.

The recall involves some models of 2020-2022 Chevrolet

Silverado, GMC Sierra, 2021 Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe

and GMC Yukon, among others.

The transmission control valve on the impacted vehicles may

fail causing the rear wheels to lock up, the NHTSA said, which

would increase the risk of a crash.

To fix the issue, dealers will install a new transmission

control module software free of charge and GM will provide a

special coverage program for repairing transmissions identified

as containing a defective control valve.

GM also asked its dealers to immediately stop the delivery

of the affected vehicles.