The issue is currently linked to one fatality and seven injuries.
Despite their intention as a life-saving device in the unfortunate event of a crash, airbags continue to be the source of scrutiny by officials for doing harm to the people they are intended to protect.
The hearing was held to consider the public’s input on the decision the NHTSA made in September, where it found that the inflators posed an unreasonable risk to safety. Officials from the agency said that the issue is caused by debris left in inflators during manufacturing that can become loose and cause a rupture. They also maintain that the odds of a serious injury was one in 370,000 airbag deployments of the inflators.
GM Crossover SUV vehicles roll off the assembly line at the General Motors Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant March 10, 2010 in Lansing, Michigan.Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesIn May 2023, General Motors agreed to recall nearly one million vehicles with ARC airbag inflators after a reported rupture in March resulted in facial injuries to the driver of one of its vehicles. According to the Wall Street Journal, the number of GM-made vehicles in the recall population could be closer to 20 million.
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