165438+1On October 23rd, General Motors of the United States said that it would recall 7 million vehicles worldwide because it used the potentially dangerous Takata airbag gas generator.
It is understood that GM's recall range is from 2007 to 20 14 full-size pickup trucks and SUVs, mainly including Chevrolet and Cadillac.
Previously, GM applied to the US security agency to avoid initiating a recall, but it was rejected. The latest news shows that GM has expressed its obedience to this decision.
Since Takada has gone bankrupt, GM will have to bear all the expenses, which will cost GM about $654.38+02 billion, accounting for about one-third of GM's net income so far this year.
Previously, Takada Corporation, a Japanese airbag supplier, was once one of the three largest airbag manufacturers in the world, and its world-renowned automobile brands included Honda, Toyota, General Motors, Ford and BMW.
In order to reduce the cost, Takada used ammonium nitrate in the gas generator. Although the cost of this raw material is low, its performance is very unstable, and it is easy to fuse with moisture in the air at high temperature, expand rapidly and explode. When the airbag is deployed in a collision, it may rupture abnormally, causing the fragments of the generator parts to fly out and injuring the people inside the car. Because of this, Takada airbag is also called "death airbag".
Due to the sharp increase in the recall cost of defective airbags, Takada Company, which is heavily in debt, filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan on June 26, 20 17, and its American subsidiary filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States. It is understood that Takada's debt when it went bankrupt was about 1 trillion yen (1billion dollars), which set a record for Japanese manufacturing enterprises when they went bankrupt.
According to related reports, the explosion accident of Takada gas generator has killed 27 people worldwide, including 18 people in the United States, but GM was not involved.
However, the explosion of Takada airbag inflatable tank led to the biggest car recall in American history. At present, 63 million Takada airbags have been recalled in the United States, and about 654.38 billion Takada airbags have been recalled worldwide.
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