GM Accounts for a Reported 20 Million Vehicles With Dangerous Air Bag Parts Targeted for Recall
Federal regulators pushed for a recall of about 52 million of the air bag inflators in September
At least 20 million General Motors vehicles are equipped with a faulty air bag part that's led to a number of injuries and two deaths, unnamed sources told The Wall Street Journal.
The official figure has not been disclosed by the company, and it did not immediately respond to The Messenger’s request for comment.
Federal regulators in early September pushed for a recall about 52 million air bag inflators made by ARC Automotive Systems and Delphi Automotive Systems. Seven injuries and one death in the U.S. were reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration when the air bag parts exploded. Another injury and one death occurred internationally.
The NHTSA held a meeting Thursday in which it discussed its push for the recall, which ARC has so far refused to accept. “This will happen again,” Sharon Yukevich, a NHTSA investigator said at the Thursday public hearing attended by reporters at The Journal.
GM shares fell 3.7% in afternoon trading to $29.90 following the news.
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