CNN reports seven million GM pickups and SUVs worldwide are being recalled.<br />The recall centers on a defect in Japanese airbags made by now-bankrupt Takata. The defect caused the bags to explode, spraying shrapnel through the vehicle.<br />The GM vehicles have airbags also made by Takata, which are linked to at least 17 deaths in the United States.<br />The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered the US recall on Monday.<br />NHTSA rejected GM's longstanding argument that this version of the airbags didn't need to be replaced.
