US directs GM to recall 5.9 million autos with Takata airbags

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American authorities reject a 4-year-old appeal from General Motors to exempt it from a recall order to replace Takata airbags, which are prone to exploding in warmer regions.

to recall nearly 6 million pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles to replace defective Takata airbags, officials said on Monday, November 23.

"The threshold of evidence necessary to prove the inconsequentiality of a defect such as this one – involving the potential performance failure of safety-critical equipment – is very difficult to overcome," the agency said in its decision. "That a rupture has not yet occurred or been reported does not mean that a rupture will not occur in the future, and it provides no support for the notion that in the event of a rupture, the result will be inconsequential to safety."

GM said safety and trust of consumers"is at the forefront of everything we do at General Motors," according to a statement.

 

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