GM recalls 42,000 SUVs in Canada over exploding airbag inflator risk
in Canada from the 2014 through 2017 model years because the driver’s airbag inflator may explode during deployment.994,763 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles in the United States from the 2014-2017 model years with modules produced by ARC Automotive Inc. GM did not immediately say if it will recall the vehicles in other markets.
Dealers in Canada and the United States will replace the driver’s airbag module. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it wasThe beginning of General Motors in Oshawa GM’s recall came after an incident in March in Michigan resulted in facial injuries to a driver that was confirmed as a rupture in late April.“Air bag inflators that project metal fragments into vehicle occupants, rather than properly inflating the attached airbag, create an unreasonable risk of death and injury,” NHTSA said in its demand letter to the Tennessee-based company.
ARC air bag inflators are used by at least a dozen automakers including GM, Chrysler-parent Stellantis STLAM.MI, BMW BMWG.DE, Hyundai Motor 005380.KS, Kia Corp 000270.KS and other vehicles. ARC rejected NHTSA’s tentative conclusion that a defect exists, saying it is based upon seven field ruptures in the United States. NHTSA “then asks ARC to prove a negative – that the 67 million inflators in this population are not defective,” the company said.
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