I-GM izokhumbula amaloli acishe abe yizigidi eziyisi-7 avela emakethe yaseMelika ngenxa yokwehluleka okubulalayo kwama-airbag ayo: ukulungiswa kwawo kuzobiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-1,200.
Ukonakala kulawa ma-airbag kwenza i-Takata iphelelwe imali futhi manje i-GM inesibopho sokukhokhela konke ukulungiswa.
AbakwaGeneral Motors kumele bakhumbule futhi balungise amaloli namaSUV angu-5.9 million e-United States, kanye nezinye izinhlobo ezifanayo eziyizigidi ezingu-1.1 emhlabeni wonke.
Lokhu kukhumbula okwama-airbag e-Takata ayingozi.
uthe izinguquko kubiza inkampani cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1,200., okulingana nengxenye yesithathu yensalela yabo yonyaka.
I-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration iyalele i-GM ukuthi ibuyisele emuva futhi ilungise ezinye izimoto ezinama-airbag e-Takata ngoba zingase ziqhume noma ziqhume uma kwenzeka ingozi, ibeke engozini ukuphepha komuntu.
Izimoto ezizothinteka kulokhu kubuyiselwa emuva zisukela ngo-2007 kuya ku-2014 ezinamamodeli alandelayo:
– Chevrolet Silverado
- I-Chevrolet Silverado HD
– Chevrolet Lavina
- Chevrolet Tahoe
- Chevrolet Suburban
- I-GIS Sierra
- HMS Sierra HD
- HMS Yukon
– GMC Yukon XL
- I-Cadillac Escalade
I-GM ngaphambilini ifake isicelo ku-NHTSA ukuthi ivimbele ukukhunjulwa, ithi ayikholelwa ukuthi ama-Takata inflators ezimotweni ezithintekayo abeka engcupheni yezokuphepha kumakhasimende ayo.
ukuthi awekho ama-inflators ezimotweni ezithintekile aqhuma ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa.
Kodwa-ke, i-NHTSA, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yachaza ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwayo "kuphethe ngokuthi ama-inflators e-GM okukhulunywa ngawo asengozini yohlobo olufanayo lokuqhuma ngemuva kokuchayeka isikhathi eside emazingeni okushisa aphezulu kanye nomswakama njengabanye abakhumbula ama-Takata inflators."
Ama-airbag e-Takata angasebenzi abangele ukukhunjulwa kokuphepha okukhulu kunakho konke emlandweni njengoba ama-inflators angaqhuma ngamandla amakhulu, athumele ama-shrapnel abulalayo ekamelweni. Kuze kube manje, lama-airbag e-Takata abulale abantu abangu-27 emhlabeni wonke, kuhlanganise nabangu-18 e-United States, yingakho i-NHTSA ingafuni ukuthi isetshenziswe emigwaqeni. Cishe izigidi eziyi-100 zama-inflators asevele akhunjulwa emhlabeni jikelele.
Umenzi wezimoto unezinsuku ezingu-30 zokunikeza i-NHTSA umugqa wesikhathi ophakanyisiwe wokwazisa abanikazi bezimoto ababuyiselwe emuva futhi bafake ama-airbag.
Uma unenye yalezi zimoto, yithathe uyoyilungisa futhi ugweme ingozi ebulalayo. Izikhwama ezishintshwayo zizoba mahhala ngokuphelele.
