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General Motors – and many others – were greatly affected by Takata's exploding airbag inflators. The Japanese corporation's airbag inflators continue to kill people to this day, more than five years after Takara Corporation was purchased by Key Safety Systems, a Chinese company based in the US.
On March 20 this year, GM Brazil was informed of an inflator rupture in a 2013 model year Chevrolet Camaro pony car. The ruptured airbag inflator bears part number 22943125, which means that it's a Takata design. The part was retrieved from the subject vehicle for inspection with Joyson Safety Systems. Before going any further, bear in mind that Joyson Safety Systems is the company resulted from the merger between KSS and the remains of the Takata Corporation following the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing from 2017.
The supplier's Michigan-based facility still hasn't finalized the investigation, yet initial results indicate a manufacturing defect in the inflator. The deadly airbag inflators of yesteryear are deadly due to propellant degradation from age and environmental exposure.
Despite the ongoing investigation, General Motors didn't want to risk any lawsuit over the aforementioned manufacturing defect. As a result, the biggest automaker of the Big Three in Detroit issued a safety recall for a handful of vehicles, including the fifth-gen Camaro.
General Motors isn't aware of any other warranty claims or field reports alleging ruptures of Takata-supplied airbag inflators. As expected, suspect vehicles will have their original inflators replaced with inflators produced by Joyson Safety Systems. Dealers have already been informed of this recall, namely recall number 23V-516 in the federal watchdog's vernacular. Known owners will be notified via mail on September 11.
Suspect inflators bear part numbers 22943125 (for the Chevrolet Camaro), 22945347 (for the Volt), 95249765 (for the Sonic), 95273777 (for the Trax), 20986955 (for the Buick Verano), 20986956 (also for the Verano), and 92263785 (for the Holden Commodore). What is particularly interesting about said part numbers is that the Trax and Commodore aren't included in this recall. Heck, the Commodore wasn't even sold in the United States, unless you consider the Chevrolet SS four-door sports sedan a VF-gen Commodore in disguise. Also remember that Chevrolet's final Capice is also based on the Commodore's platform.
A grand total of 767 vehicles are called back in the United States, all of them produced for the 2013 model year. The Camaro represents the majority, with General Motors calling back a total of 537 examples. The Volt is next with 118 units, followed by 69 units of the Sonic and 43 units of the Delta II-based Buick Verano.
Of these nameplates, only the Camaro is currently available to configure stateside. Not for long, though, because the sixth generation will be discontinued after a very short 2024 model year in favor of – get this – an electric successor. Adding insult to injury, the heir apparent may come in the form of a sedan.
The supplier's Michigan-based facility still hasn't finalized the investigation, yet initial results indicate a manufacturing defect in the inflator. The deadly airbag inflators of yesteryear are deadly due to propellant degradation from age and environmental exposure.
Despite the ongoing investigation, General Motors didn't want to risk any lawsuit over the aforementioned manufacturing defect. As a result, the biggest automaker of the Big Three in Detroit issued a safety recall for a handful of vehicles, including the fifth-gen Camaro.
General Motors isn't aware of any other warranty claims or field reports alleging ruptures of Takata-supplied airbag inflators. As expected, suspect vehicles will have their original inflators replaced with inflators produced by Joyson Safety Systems. Dealers have already been informed of this recall, namely recall number 23V-516 in the federal watchdog's vernacular. Known owners will be notified via mail on September 11.
Suspect inflators bear part numbers 22943125 (for the Chevrolet Camaro), 22945347 (for the Volt), 95249765 (for the Sonic), 95273777 (for the Trax), 20986955 (for the Buick Verano), 20986956 (also for the Verano), and 92263785 (for the Holden Commodore). What is particularly interesting about said part numbers is that the Trax and Commodore aren't included in this recall. Heck, the Commodore wasn't even sold in the United States, unless you consider the Chevrolet SS four-door sports sedan a VF-gen Commodore in disguise. Also remember that Chevrolet's final Capice is also based on the Commodore's platform.
A grand total of 767 vehicles are called back in the United States, all of them produced for the 2013 model year. The Camaro represents the majority, with General Motors calling back a total of 537 examples. The Volt is next with 118 units, followed by 69 units of the Sonic and 43 units of the Delta II-based Buick Verano.
Of these nameplates, only the Camaro is currently available to configure stateside. Not for long, though, because the sixth generation will be discontinued after a very short 2024 model year in favor of – get this – an electric successor. Adding insult to injury, the heir apparent may come in the form of a sedan.
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