GM Claims It Maybe Forced To Recall 4.3 Million Perfectly Safe Airbags

General Motors is the latest in a long list of automakers that may be forced to recall an additional number of vehicles, which are equipped with the defective airbag inflators supplied by Takata.

The number is estimated at 4.3 million, according to AutomotiveNews, which could cost the US-based giant an additional $550 million in repairs, if regulators will go ahead and give a green light on the call-back.

However, unlike the inflators supplied to other carmakers by Takata Motor Corp. that lack a drying agent, GM's ones are designed with different venting for hot gases released when the airbag deploys, according to the report. This makes officials within the company believe that there isn’t a safety defect in any of the 6.8 million vehicles recalled.
 

MDarringer - 7/22/2016 1:40:37 PM

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Let's assume they are safe. The public opinion hype will see it differently. No choice but to replace them. Why is Takata still in business?

TomM - 7/23/2016 7:29:40 AM

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Takata is still in business because they have not paid for any of the recalls so far - and it is likely they would refuse to pay for the recalls in GM's case - because no one has proven that it is the gas that is at fault - they say they designed a product to the manufacturers specifications - and THEY should have added a drying agent to the mix.

MDarringer - 7/22/2016 6:41:47 PM

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You just proved my point for me. Idiocy goes clear to the bone.