At least 20M GM vehicles have potentially dangerous air bags, WSJ says

General Motors (GM) has at least 20M vehicles built with a potentially dangerous air bag part that the government says should be recalled, reported The Wall Street Journal’s Ryan Felton. The number of affected GM vehicles hasn’t been disclosed publicly and it makes the automaker among the most exposed to the push by U.S. auto-safety regulators related to the air bags, The Journal stated. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is holding a public meeting Thursday, has yet to release how many vehicles overall would be covered by a recall and the number of GM cars and trucks with these inflators could be higher depending on how regulators proceed, the report noted. Aside from GM, there are 11 other automakers that have the ARC air-bag inflators covered by NHTSA’s action, including Ford Motor (F), Volkswagen (VWAGY), Toyota Motor (TM) and Hyundai Motor (HYMTF), the report noted.