GM announces that 330,000 heavy-duty GM pickup trucks now part of air bag recall.

The Detroit Free Press (5/31, Gardner, 957K) reports General Motors said “330,000 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy duty pickup trucks are part of the largest ever recall of vehicles equipped with Takata air bags.” The affected trucks, according to information released on Friday by the NHTSA are from the 2007 and 2008 model years. The story says in addition, NHTSA said “Subaru will add about 60,000 vehicles to a previous recall along the Gulf Coast for passenger air bag inflators,” bringing the total number of Subarus recalled to around 81,000.