The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday said it is opening an investigation to determine if General Motors should recall 400,000 additional vehicles for defective air bags.The U.S. auto safety agency has opened an investigation to determine whether GM went far enough in issuing two small recalls for air bag problems in October 2012 and January 2013, to address a shorting bar defect in the driver’s frontal air bag connectors in certain 2012 Chevrolet Cruze, Sonic and Camaro as well as Buick Verano vehicles.
The Detroit automaker recalled about 7,000 vehicles in total — but now NHTSA is investigating whether 400,000 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, Cruze and Sonic, and Buick Verano cars should be included. The defect could result in a short preventing the primary stage of the airbag from deploying in the event of a crash.
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