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GM recalls almost 4.3m vehicles over seat belt and airbag issues

GM recalls almost 4.3m vehicles over seat belt and airbag issuesGM is initiating a big recall of almost 4.3 million vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, due to potential issues with both seat belts and airbags.Both safety features are prone to failure because of a potential issue with a sensing diagnostic module, with that module possibly activating a test that could keep the airbag and seat belts from working properly.Affected vehicles range from the 2014 to 2017 model years.

GM recalls 4.3 million vehicles over airbag fault

GM advised Friday that 4.3 million of its cars and trucks be brought in for repairs, saying an electronic fault in some software could cause the airbags to not deploy during an accident.The problem lay in the vehicles airbag sensing and diagnostic module software, which would hinder airbag deployment while carrying out diagnostic tests.If such tests were running during an accident, the airbags would not inflate and seatbelt tensioners would not lock up.
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General Motors recalls 4.3 mn vehicles over air bag-related defect

WASHINGTON: General Motors Co s aid on Friday it will recall nearly 4.3 million vehicles worldwide to fix a software defect that can prevent air bags from deploying during a crash, a flaw already linked to one death and three injuries.GMs action marked the latest large air bag-related recall in recent years by leading automakers, including a record earlier recall involving Takata Corp air bags and investigations into millions of vehicles this year involving two other air bag system suppliers.GM, the worlds No.3 automaker, said the latest recall involved trucks, cars and SUVs from the 2014 to 2017 model years, including some models of the Buick LaCrosse, Chevrolet Corvette, Silverado 1500, Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban and Silverado HD and Cadillac Escalade.Despite the rash of problems with air bags in recent years, a spokesman for the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sought to reassure motorists about the devices, saying "air bags save lives."The agency estimates that frontal air bags saved 2,400 live s in the United States in 2014, the most recent year for which figures were available.The NHTSA said in a notice posted on Friday that under certain driving conditions the air bag system would launch a diagnostic test that would prevent the air bag from deploying in the event of a crash.