After GM finally admitted that 3.64 million vehicles in the U.S. are equipped with airbags, which could possibly not deploy, a large recall of it has started. People are afraid of crashes which might happen with anyone, and in a critical moment the airbags which need to deploy, won't.
General Motors was forced to announce a recall of numerous 2014-17 models, on which the issue needs to get fixed, because it could also disable seatbelt pretensioners. Of course, there are still some circumstances which remain as a mystery to us, for example why they have found out about the problem only now, and did somebody suffer from that already? This GM recall, isn't like the massive Takata recall, since the problem with these airbags is they simply might not work. GM blames the issue on faulty software in the sensing and diagnostic module (SDM). In the most common collisions, the airbags function as intended. However, the automaker claims that airbags and pretensioners fail to function in crashes “preceded by a specific event impacting vehicle dynamics.”
Models which are included in the recall are: 2014-2016 model year Buick LaCrosse, Chevrolet SS and Spark EV models, 2014-2017 model year Chevrolet Corvette, Trax, Caprice PPV and Silverado 1500s, Buick Encores and GMC Sierra 1500s, and 2015-2017 model year Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban and Silverado HDs, GMC Yukon, Yukon XL and Sierra HDs, and Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESVs. The owners need to check their identification numbers, and they'll find out if they're vehicles are recalled also.
