GM recalls 1 million SUVs for exploding airbag inflators

General Motors has issued a recall for almost a million SUVs due to potentially dangerous airbag inflators, the third such recall it has had to issue for this problem. The airbag inflators in question were manufactured by ARC Automotive, a tier-two automotive supplier based in Knoxville, Tennessee. NHTSA has had an inkling of the problem for some years now, and the supplier has rejected claims by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that there is a systematic defect.