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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a manufacturing flaw that could send metal shrapnel rocketing through a car's interior. Instead of releasing pressurized gas to inflate the air bag, the canister essentially explodes, sending metal shrapnel into the vehicle at head height. He said the government would be setting a dangerous precedent by targeting a parts supplier rather than a vehicle manufacturer in ordering a recall. The hearing also featured emotional testimony from Jacob Tarvis, whose mother, Marlene Beaudoin, died as a result of an exploding air bag inflator in 2021. “GM will continue to work collaboratively with NHTSA, other manufacturers, and ARC to monitor and investigate the long-term performance and safety of ARC airbag inflators," the statement said.

Persons: inflators, ” Bruce York, Sharon Yukevich, ”, Steve Gold, Gold, Jacob Tarvis, Marlene Beaudoin, Beaudoin, Tarvis, “, Tom Krisher Organizations: WASHINGTON, Traffic Safety Administration, ARC Automotive Inc, ARC, NHTSA's, NHTSA, Motors, GM Locations: U.S, Knoxville , Tennessee, United States, Canada, Detroit

In a few cases, according to NHTSA, ARC air bag inflators could be blocked by small pieces of debris, stopping the gases from escaping as they should. In May 2023, General Motors recalled 1 million GM vehicles with the air bags. NHTSA estimated the risk of one of these inflators rupturing at one in every 370,000 air bag deployments. But officials said the only way to know if an air bag has the defect is for it to actually rupture. NHTSA and various automakers are still working to get vehicle owners to replace all the air bags involved in that recall.

Persons: Jacob Tarvis, Marlene Beaudoin, Tarvis, inflators, Kia Optima, General Motors, ”, Donna Glassbrenner, Steve Gold, Gold, “, — Ford Organizations: CNN, Traffic Safety Administration, ARC Automotive, Delphi Automotive Systems, NHTSA, ARC, Chrysler Town &, General, GM, BMW, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles —, Hyundai, Kia, Benz, Porsche, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen Locations: United States, Canada, Turkey, Traverse

☆ US says 52 million air bag inflators should be recalled over rupture threat
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday that 52 million air bag inflators produced by auto suppliers ARC Automotive and Delphi Automotive need to be recalled because they may rupture and send dangerous metal fragments flying. GM in May agreed to recall nearly 1 million vehicles with ARC air bag inflators after a rupture in March resulted in facial injuries to a driver. Delphi Automotive, acquired by Autoliv (ALV.N), manufactured approximately 11 million of the inflators through 2004 under a licensing agreement with ARC, which manufactured the remaining 41 million inflators. NHTSA has been scrutinizing air bag inflator ruptures for more than 15 years. Over the last decade, more than 67 million Takata air bag inflators have been recalled in the United States and more than 100 million worldwide, the biggest auto safety callback on record.

Persons: Autoliv, David Shepardson, Jonathan Oatis, Leslie Adler, Timothy Gardner Organizations: ARC Automotive, Delphi, Traffic Safety Administration, ARC, NHTSA, General Motors, Ford Motor, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes, Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, ARC inflators, GM, Delphi Automotive, Autoliv, Thomson Locations: United States, U.S

☆ U.S. demands recall of 67 million air bag inflators
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Air bag inflators that project metal fragments into vehicle occupants, rather than properly inflating the attached air bag, create an unreasonable risk of death and injury." ARC air bag inflators are in General Motors (GM.N), Chrysler-parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI), BMW (BMWG.DE), Hyundai Motor (005380.KS), Kia Corp (000270.KS) and other vehicles. GM on Friday agreed to recall nearly 1 million vehicles with ARC air bag inflators after a rupture in March resulted in facial injuries to a driver. NHTSA said through January 2018, 67 million of thesubject driver and passenger frontal air bag inflators. Over the last decade, more than 67 million Takata air bag inflators have been recalled in the United States and more than 100 million worldwide, the biggest auto safety callback in history.

☆ GM recalling nearly 1 million U.S. vehicles for air bag defect
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) said on Friday it will recall nearly 1 million sport utility vehicles in the United States because the driver's air-bag inflator may explode during deployment. The recall covers 994,763 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles from the 2014 through 2017 model years with modules produced by ARC Automotive Inc. An April 25 inspection confirmed that the front driver airbag inflator ruptured in the vehicle. GM said it was aware of two prior ruptures of ARC-manufactured airbag inflators in 2015 Chevrolet Traverse vehicles, and GM conducted two earlier small recalls of about 3,000 ARC inflators. All three rupture events in Chevrolet Traverse vehicles involved the same inflator variant.

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