More Vehicles Added to Takata Air-Bag Recall

DETROIT (Detroit Free Press/TNS) —

General Motors said 330,000 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty pickup trucks are part of the largest ever recall of vehicles equipped with Takata air bags.

The affected trucks are from the 2007 and 2008 model years. Dealers will replace the inflators at no cost to customers. GM says it knows of no crashes or injuries due to performance of the air bags in these vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released the model information on Friday. The vehicles are equipped with air-bag inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan that can inflate with too much force, rupture and spray shrapnel into the passenger compartment.

Six people have been killed and more than 100 injured due to the problem.

In addition, the NHTSA said Subaru will add about 60,000 vehicles to a previous recall along the Gulf Coast for passenger-air-bag inflators. The recall is now national in scope.

This brings the Subaru vehicles recalled to about 81,000. Additional models include 2004-2005 Imprezas and the 2005 Saab 9-2X, which was manufactured by Subaru.

On Thursday, Honda, Fiat Chrysler, BMW, Ford and Mitsubishi released their models added to the recall. Eleven automakers have vehicles included in the Takata recall expansion. Other companies include Daimler Trucks, Mazda, Nissan and Toyota. Nissan said it would not add U.S. vehicles in the latest recall expansion. Vehicles from other automakers will be announced later.

For more details on the recall, go to www.safercar.gov/rs/takata/index.html

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