Toyota Expands Takata Recall By An Additional 331,200 Vehicles

Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp. announced it is expanding its recall involving potentially defective Takata Corp airbag parts by 331,200 cars worldwide.

While it said earlier on Wednesday that new recalls totaled 356,000 globally, the company later lowered the figure.

An estimated 29 million Takata airbag inflators have been recalled in the United States in more than 19 million vehicles because the inflators can activate with too much force, sending potentially deadly metal shards into the passenger compartment.

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