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DETROIT, Aug 19, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX)
-- General Motors Corp. recalled nearly 720,000 cars and trucks
Monday that have potential air bag problems.
The first recall includes 570,000 model year
2000 pickups and sport utility vehicles with a problem that could
prevent air bags from working in certain frontal collisions.
The affected models include Chevrolet
Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups and Tahoe/Suburban and
Yukon/Yukon XL SUVs. Only full-size pickups and SUVs built between
February 1999 and February 2000 are affected.
The second recall includes 150,000 2002 and
2003 Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Oldsmobile and Pontiac cars
and trucks built between May and July 2002.
In these vehicles, GM said the air bag
inflation device on the driver's side may break apart during
inflation and "strike or injure the occupants." The air
bag also would not fully inflate.
GM said it has not received any reports of
crashes or injuries related to the problems.
The vehicles involved include the Buick
LeSabre, Cadillac DeVille, Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo,
Oldsmobile Aurora, and Pontiac Bonneville passenger cars;
Chevrolet Venture, Pontiac Montana, and Oldsmobile Silhouette
minivans; and Buick Rendezvous, Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy,
and Oldsmobile Bravada SUVs.
Owners of cars, trucks and SUVs involved in
either recall are asked to take their vehicles to a dealer. All
repairs will be performed at no cost.
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