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NHTSA Reconsiders Recall of ARC Automotive Airbag Inflators After Industry Pushback

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to further investigate the potential for exploding airbag inflators made by ARC Automotive Inc. after the auto industry raised concerns about the scope of a proposed recall. Originally, NHTSA planned to recall all 49 million inflators in vehicles from 13 manufacturers due to risks of explosion and shrapnel, citing at least seven injuries and two deaths in the U.S. and Canada since 2009. However, the agency now acknowledges technical and manufacturing variations between inflators from different manufacturers and plants, warranting further analysis before issuing a definitive recall.

The agency has said inflators in about 49 million vehicles from 13 manufacturers are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel into drivers and passengers.of nearly 50 million air bag inflators and will investigate further after the auto industry raised questions about whether all of the inflators are defective.

But in a document posted Wednesday in the Federal Register and dated Dec. 13, the agency said it considered comments on a decision from January seeking the recall. The auto industry pointed to technical and engineering differences between ARC inflators in vehicles made by different manufacturers. The comments also raised manufacturing-process variations at different plants that made the ARC inflators.

The agency said that in the coming weeks it will send more information request letters to ARC, vehicle manufacturers and air bag-module manufacturing companies. In addition, the agency said 23 inflators have ruptured in testing with causes common to the inflators that blew apart in the field. Also, four inflators have ruptured outside the U.S., killing at least one person, the agency said.

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NHTSA to Investigate All ARC Automotive Airbag Inflators After Industry PushbackThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will further investigate nearly 50 million airbag inflators made by ARC Automotive Inc. after the auto industry raised concerns about a potential recall of all inflators. While the agency previously deemed these inflators defective and dangerous, industry comments highlighted technical and manufacturing variations that warrant further scrutiny.
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