In 2023, an investigation by the United States’ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tentatively concluded that airbag inflators designed and manufactured by ARC Automotive, Inc. contain a defective component which has rendered millions of airbags in motor vehicles vulnerable to exploding and propelling shrapnel and debris through the cabin of motor vehicles upon deployment.
À la suite de cette constatation, la National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a demandé à ARC Automotive, Inc. de procéder à un rappel pour remédier à ce défaut :
“NHTSA is issuing this recall request letter to notify you that the Agency has tentatively concluded that a defect related to motor vehicle safety exists in the frontal driver and passenger air bag inflators under investigation that were produced before installation of borescopes on all toroidal inflator manufacturing lines in January 2018 (“subject inflators”), and to demand that ARC issue a Part 573 Recall Report addressing that safety defect.”
Malgré cette demande, ARC Automotive, Inc. et de nombreux fabricants automobiles ont refusé de rappeler les pièces ou les véhicules concernés.
To date, there have been multiple injuries and deaths in North America due to ARC Automotive, Inc.’s airbag inflators.
L’action en justice reproche à ARC Automotive, Inc. d’avoir commis une faute dans la conception des gonfleurs de coussins gonflables et de ne pas avoir fourni les informations suffisantes aux utilisateurs quant au risque de sécurité qu’il comporte.
The action also alleges that the manufacturers of vehicles containing the airbag inflators were negligent in their design of the vehicles and for failure to warn, and have breached the Competition Act, RSC 1985, c C-34 and consumer protection legislation across Canada.
This lawsuit seeks compensation on behalf of Canadians who own(ed) and/or lease(d) vehicles containing these dangerous and defective components and Canadians who have been injured as a result of the Defendants’ conduct.
The list of affected vehicles can be found on our website at: slatervecchio.com/class-action/arc-automotive-class-action/