US turns up pressure on air bag inflator company that refuses a recall despite deaths, injuries
- The US government is pressuring ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators under threat of fines for not complying.
- NHTSA has demanded that ARC Automotive answer questions under oath about its inflators and why it believes there is no safety defect. The recall is justified as two individuals have been killed and at least seven others have been injured by the inflators.
- If ARC refuses to recall the inflators, a public hearing and potential lawsuit may follow, and people who travel in 33 million US vehicles could be at risk due to the inflators.
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US turns up pressure on air bag inflator company that refuses a recall despite deaths, injuries
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn't respond. NHTSA argues that the recall is justified because two people have been killed in the United States and Canada and at least seven others injured by ARC inflators, which can explode with too much force and expe…
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