Toyota Recalls 2.9 Million Vehicles Over Exploding Takata Airbags

In its most unprecedented move yet, global automaker leader Toyota Motor Corp announced that it was recalling 2.9 million vehicles over malfunctioning airbags. And as it goes, Takata has attached to the latest recall again, extending its misery on its infamous airbags.

Reuters reported that Japanese company Toyota is slated to recall nearly 3 million vehicles in Japan, China, Oceania along with other regions due to potentially faulty airbag inflators. These vehicles include Corolla Axio sedan and RAV4 SUV. Accordingly, there are now 16 deaths that are associated to exploding Takata inflators especially in the United States. Ultimately, this has what prompted the automaker to announce the recall.

Toyota revealed that the recalls were issued for about 1.16 million vehicles in Oceania, the Middle East, and the company's smaller markets. On the other hand, about 750,000 vehicles are now being recalled in the company's mainland. The company has also shared that its biggest market, North America, has been exempted from the said recall.

Apart from Toyota, the maker of Subaru cars Fuji Heavy Industries along with Mitsubishi Motors Corp and truck company Hino Motors are also recalling a total of about 240,000 vehicles over the same predicament with their Takata inflators. These companies believe that Takata's inflators can explode after extended exposure to hot conditions.

Meanwhile, the global transport authorities are considering the inflators from Takata that contain ammonium nitrate to be unsafe if these are used without a drying agent. As such, they have ordered to withdraw about 100 million associated products in the market for further quality check or in fear that they may cause incidents in the future. On the other hand, Japanese automakers such as Toyota have shared that the latest recalls were, in fact, a part of a wider recall of Takata inflators that were ordered by these authorities in 2016, as per CBS.