GM recalls four million vehicles for air bag defect linked to one death

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>General Motors &lpar;GM&rpar; has recalled more than four million vehicles&comma; most of them in the US&comma; to fix an air bag software defect that has been linked to one death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The vehicles involved in the recall are all from the 2014-2017 model years and include models from Buick&comma; Chevrolet&comma; GMC and Cadillac&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company is recalling 4&period;28 million vehicles worldwide&comma; with 3&period;6 million being in the US&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company said Friday that in rare cases&comma; the car&&num;8217&semi;s sensing and diagnostic module &&num;8211&semi; a tiny computer that senses what the vehicle is doing and controls air bag deployment &&num;8211&semi; can go into test mode&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If that happens&comma; the front air bags will not inflate in a crash and the seat belts may not work either&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GM said the defect is linked to at least one death and three injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company learned of the problem in May when a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado crashed and its air bags did not deploy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GM notified Delphi Corp&comma; the supplier that made the module&period; The two companies tested the modules and decided to recall the vehicles last week&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the recall on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>General Motors Co will notify customers and update the software for free&period; GM said dealers already have access to the software update so they should be able to repair the vehicles quickly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The recall involves 3&period;6 million vehicles&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2014-2016 Buick LaCrosse&comma; Chevrolet SS&comma; Chevrolet Spark EV<br &sol;>&NewLine;2014-2017 Buick Encore&comma; GMC Sierra 1500&comma; Chevrolet Corvette&comma; Chevrolet Trax&comma; Chevrolet Caprice police car and Chevrolet Silverado 1500<br &sol;>&NewLine;2015-2017 Chevrolet Tahoe&comma; Chervrolet Suburban&comma; Chevrolet Silverado HD&comma; GMC Yukon&comma; GMC Yukon XL&comma; GMC Sierra HD&comma; Cadillac Escalade and Cadillac Escalade ESV&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68edba9067a04">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68edba9067a04'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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