General Motors issued a safety recall over airbag inflators that can shoot shrapnel into drivers, but the automaker doesn't have replacement parts.
targets 2014 to 2017 Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Chevrolet Traverse SUV models. Grimes says that she was shocked to see a safety recall notice that provided no solutions.
Grimes provided a copy of the letter to CTVNews.ca. The letter explains that an "inflator rupture may cause metal fragments to pass through the airbag and into the vehicle interior, which may result in injury or death to vehicle occupants." The next sentence declares in bold type: "Parts to repair your vehicle are not currently available."
"In the notice, the company must inform owners when the parts and facilities to correct the defect are expected to be available," the spokesperson said. "The company must then send another notice to advise of the corrective measures to be taken, once their availability is known." "GM is taking this expanded field action out of an abundance of caution and with the safety of our customers as our highest priority," a company spokesperson said in a brief statement to CTVNews.ca. "GM is working with our suppliers to develop and validate a remedy as soon as possible, and when we have replacement parts we will make them available to dealers for the necessary repairs.
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