General Motors announced six safety recalls Wednesday covering 717,950 recent model year vehicles, including Chevrolet Camaros and Silverados, Cadillac CTS and ATS sports sedans, Buick Regals and LaCrosses, and other models.

GM has set a record for recalls this year and the company’s safety czar said this latest round demonstrates its new approach to safety.

“If we identify an issue — large or small — that might affect the safety of our customers, we will act decisively,” said Jeff Boyer, GM’s vice president for global vehicle safety.

GM has recalled about 26 million vehicles in the U.S. this year. The wave of recalls came after GM called back several million smaller cars with a faulty ignition switch linked to at least 50 crashes and 13 deaths.

The automaker knew about the problem for at least a decade before recalling the cars.

That delay has set off investigations of the company’s actions by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Department of Justice and Congress.

GM has set up a compensation fund to pay damages to victims of crashes related to the ignition switch problem, but still faces hundreds of product liability lawsuits.

Overall, the auto industry has recalled about 40 million cars in the U.S. this year, surpassing its record of 30.8 million set in all of 2004.

In this latest round of GM recalls, the automaker called back 414,333 vehicles, including 2011-12 model year Chevrolet Camaro, 2010-12 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain, 2011-12 Buick Regal and LaCrosse and 2010-12 Cadillac SRX vehicles in the U.S. equipped with power height adjustable driver or front passenger seats.