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Is your car at risk of exploding air bags?

The WSJ has identified at least 6.8 million vehicles with a potentially dangerous air-bag part produced by ARC Automotive:

Air-bag inflators that regulators have warned could explode during a crash and spray the car’s interior with metal shrapnel are in at least 50 different vehicle models spanning 15 automotive brands.

Click below to see if your Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Hyundai, Kia, Mini, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Porsche, Saturn, or VW is on the list identified so far.

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