US transportation authorities want to recall 67 million airbag inflators
of 67 million airbag inflators after a lengthy investigation over allegations that they could rupture and injure drivers and passengers. These inflators were designed by ARC Automotive, Inc. and were manufactured for the US market during the 18-year period before January 2018. They were supplied to six airbag manufacturers, which then incorporated them into the airbag modules used in vehicles by at least 12 automakers.
ARC, however, disagrees with the agency's tentative conclusion that certain inflators manufactured by the company have a safety defect."After nearly eight years of intensive scrutiny, none of [the manufacturers using its products] has identified a systemic or prevalent defect across this inflator population," the company wrote in a addressed to the NHTSA. It also mentioned a test on 918 inflators taken from vehicles in salvage yards.
ARC said it believes the incidents wherein the inflators had ruptured resulted from"one-off" manufacturing anomalies that had already been properly addressed by automakers though lot-specific recalls. GM, for one, on May 10th for 1 million vehicles that"may have received a suspect airbag inflator.
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