General Motors is recalling even more cars, this time mid-size and large cars, for the same ignition lock issue that can be blamed for 13 deaths in smaller cars earlier this year.

While announcing these recalls, GM also announced five other recalls for various other issues. Those recalls affected 165,770 U.S. vehicles.

All of these recalls will force GM to boost its charge for the repairs to the recall from $400 million to $700 milion.

This year, GM has already announced 44 different recalls and 17.73 million U.S. vehicles were part of those recalls.

In North America, including Canada and Mexico and exports, that number jumps to 20 million vehicles.

GM explains the issue is again related to the key and the ignition switch. The automaker explained that drivers could accidentally bump the key out of the "run" position and disable the engine causing the brakes and power steering mechanisms to also be disabled.

GM responded in a statement Monday:

"The use of a key with a hole, rather than a slotted key, addresses the concern of unintended key rotation due to a jarring road event, such as striking a pothole or crossing railroad tracks.

"Only one of the models included in the U.S. recall of 3,160,725 cars is still in production -- the previous generation Chevrolet Impala, which is sold to daily rental fleets as the Impala Limited. The total North America population -- U.S., Canada, Mexico and exports - is 3,360,555.

"The safety recall follows a review of ignition issues following the recall in February of 2.6 million Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars. GM is aware of eight crashes and six injuries related to this recall.

"If the ignition switch moves out of the 'run' position, there is an effect on power steering and power braking. In addition, the timing of the key movement out of the 'run' position, relative to the activation of the sensing algorithm of the crash event, may result in the air bags not deploying."

The cars that are affected in Monday's recall range in model years from 2000 to 2014. Three Buick models, the Lucerne, the Lacrosse and the Regal are all affected. Additionally, the Chevrolet Impala, a popular mid-size car is affected as well (model years 2006-2014).

GM is addressing the key problems and trying to quickly design a lighter key that won't pull so much. Until customers are able to get their new key devices, GM is asking customers to remove all heavy items from their key chains and to just operate their vehicles with the single key and no key chains or additional items hanging from the key.