General Motors is the latest in a long list of automakers that may be forced to recall an additional number of vehicles, which are equipped with the defective airbag inflators supplied by Takata.
The number is estimated at 4.3 million, according to AutomotiveNews, which could cost the US-based giant an additional $550 million in repairs, if regulators will go ahead and give a green light on the call-back.
However, unlike the inflators supplied to other carmakers by Takata Motor Corp. that lack a drying agent, GM's ones are designed with different venting for hot gases released when the airbag deploys, according to the report. This makes officials within the company believe that there isn’t a safety defect in any of the 6.8 million vehicles recalled.
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