Inkampani yaseTennessee kungenzeka iphakathi kwengxabano yezomthetho nabalawuli bezokuphepha kwezimoto baseMelika ngemuva kokuthi yenqabe isicelo sokubuyiswa kwezigidi zama-airbag angaba yingozi.
I-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration icela i-ARC Automotive Inc. ese-Knoxville ukuthi ikhumbule ama-inflation ayizigidi ezingu-67 e-United States njengoba ayengase aqhume futhi aphihlize.Okungenani abantu ababili bashonile e-US naseCanada.Le nhlangano ithe ama-inflators e-ARC angalungile alimaza abantu ababili eCalifornia nabanye abahlanu kwezinye izifundazwe.
Ukubuyiswa kabusha kuthinta izimoto ezingaphansi kwekota yezimoto eziyizigidi ezingu-284 okwamanje ezisemigwaqweni yase-US ngoba ezinye zifakwe amaphampu e-ARC kokubili umshayeli nomgibeli ongaphambili.
Encwadini ekhishwe ngoLwesihlanu, i-ejensi itshele i-ARC ukuthi ngemuva kophenyo lweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, iqale yaphetha ngokuthi umshayeli we-ARC ongaphambili kanye nabagibeli abakhuphukayo babenezinkinga zokuphepha.
"I-airbag infusor iqondisa izingcezu zensimbi kubagibeli bezimoto esikhundleni sokugcwalisa kahle i-airbag enamathiselwe, ngaleyo ndlela idale ingozi yokufa nokulimala," uStephen Rydella, umqondisi weHhovisi Lokuphenya Ngokukhubazeka kwe-NHTSA, wabhala encwadini eya ku-ARC.
Amasistimu akhona wokuqoqwa kwedatha yokuphahlazeka yakudala abubukela phansi kakhulu ubukhulu benkinga futhi awanele enkathini yedijithali yokushayela okuphazamisekile.
Kodwa i-ARC iphendule ngokuthi akukho sici kumshini wokushintsha amandla futhi noma yiziphi izinkinga zidalwe yizinkinga zokukhiqiza ngazinye.
Isinyathelo esilandelayo kule nqubo ukuqokwa kokulalelwa komphakathi yi-NHTSA.Inkampani ingabe isifaka isicelo enkantolo sokuthi ibuyiselwe emuva.I-ARC ayizange iphendule esicelweni sokuphawula ngoLwesihlanu.
Futhi ngoLwesihlanu, i-NHTSA ikhiphe imibhalo ekhombisa ukuthi iGeneral Motors ikhumbula izimoto ezicishe zibe yisigidi ezifakwe amaphampu e-ARC.Ukubuyiselwa emuva kuthinte ezinye ze-2014-2017 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse kanye ne-GMC Acadia SUVs.
Umenzi wezimoto wathi ukuqhuma kwe-inflation “kungabangela izingcezu zensimbi ezicijile kumshayeli noma kwabanye abagibeli, okuphumela ekulimaleni okubi kakhulu noma ukufa.”
Abanikazi bazokwaziswa ngencwadi eqala ngoJuni 25, kodwa asikho isinqumo esenziwe.Lapho enye incwadi isilungile, bathola enye.
Kuma-EV angu-90 atholakala emakethe yase-US, ama-EV angu-10 kuphela nama-plug-in hybrids afaneleka ukuthola ikhredithi egcwele yentela.
I-GM ithe izohlinzeka “ngezokuthutha ngomusa” kubanikazi abakhathazekile ngokushayela izimoto ezibuyiselwe emuva njalo.
Le nkampani ithe ukukhumbula kunwebeka ezenzweni zangaphambilini "ngenxa yokunakekela okukhulu nokuphepha kwamakhasimende ethu njengento eza kuqala kithi."
Omunye walaba ababili abashonile bekungunina wengane eneminyaka engu-10 ubudala eyashona engozini yemoto eyayibonakala incane e-Upper Peninsula yaseMichigan ehlobo lika-2021. Ngokombiko wamaphoyisa, ucezu lomshini wokushibilika wensimbi wamshaya entanyeni. ngesikhathi sengozi ebandakanya i-Chevrolet Traverse SUV ka-2015.
I-NHTSA ithe okungenani abakhiqizi bezimoto abayishumi nambili basebenzisa amaphampu okungenzeka abe namaphutha, okuhlanganisa iVolkswagen, Ford, BMW neGeneral Motors, kanye nezinye izinhlobo ezindala zeChrysler, Hyundai neKia.
I-ejensi ikholelwa ukuthi imfucuza yokushisela ohlelweni lokukhiqiza kungenzeka ukuthi ivimbe "ukuphuma" kwegesi ekhishwe ngesikhathi i-airbag ikhuphuka engozini.Incwadi kaRydella ithi noma yikuphi ukuvinjelwa kuzobangela ukuthi i-inflator icindezele, ibangele ukuthi iqhume futhi ikhulule izingcezu zensimbi.
Abalawuli be-Federal baphoqelela ukukhunjulwa kobuchwepheshe bemoto ye-robotic ye-Tesla, kodwa ukunyakaza kuvumela abashayeli ukuthi baqhubeke nokuyisebenzisa kuze kube yilapho iphutha lilungisiwe.
Kodwa empendulweni ka-May 11 eya ku-Rydelle, iPhini Likamongameli We-ARC Wobuqotho Bomkhiqizo uSteve Gold wabhala ukuthi isikhundla se-NHTSA asisekelwe kunoma iyiphi inhloso yokutholwa kwesici sobuchwepheshe noma ubunjiniyela, kodwa esicelweni esiqinile se-"welding slag" ecatshangelwayo exhuma i-blower port.”
Imfucumfucu ye-Weld ayizange ifakazelwe ukuthi iyimbangela yokuqhekeka kwe-inflation eyisikhombisa e-US, futhi i-ARC ikholelwa ukuthi kuqhume ezinhlanu kuphela ngesikhathi sokusetshenziswa, wabhala, futhi "ayisisekeli isiphetho sokuthi kunesici esihlelekile nesisabalele kulesi sibalo. .”
Igolide liphinde labhala ukuthi abakhiqizi, hhayi abakhiqizi bemishini njenge-ARC, kufanele bakhumbule.Ubhale ukuthi isicelo se-NHTSA sokuhoxiswa sidlule igunya lezomthetho le-ejensi.
Emacaleni ombuso afakwe ngonyaka odlule, abamangali bathi i-ARC inflators isebenzisa i-ammonium nitrate njengophethiloli wesibili ukufutha ama-airbag.I-propellant icindezeleka ibe yithebhulethi engavuvukala futhi yakhe izimbobo ezincane lapho ibhekene nomswakama.Icala lisola ukuthi amaphilisi abolile anendawo enkulu, okwenza ashe ngokushesha futhi abangele ukuqhuma okukhulu.
Ukuqhuma kuzoqhumisa amathangi ensimbi amakhemikhali, futhi izingcezu zensimbi zizowela endaweni yabashayeli.I-Ammonium nitrate, esetshenziswa kumanyolo neziqhumane ezishibhile, iyingozi kangangokuthi isha ngokushesha ngisho nangaphandle komswakama, kusho icala.
Abamangali basola ukuthi ama-inflators e-ARC aqhume izikhathi eziyisikhombisa emigwaqweni yase-US futhi kabili phakathi nokuhlolwa kwe-ARC.Kuze kube manje, kube nezikhathi ezinhlanu zokukhumbula ukwehla kwamandla emali okulinganiselwe ezithinta izimoto ezibalelwa ku-5,000, okuhlanganisa nezintathu zeGeneral Motors Co.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-24-2023
