Toyota Recalls 2.9 Million Cars Due To Exploding Airbags quoting : "Fortune"

Last month, it pleaded guilty to a U.S. felony charge as part of a $1 billion settlement over its faulty inflators. Recalls due to faulty Takata airbags continue to mount. Toyota said that recalls were issued for about 1.16 million vehicles sold in Oceania, the Middle East and the automaker's smaller markets, nearly one-third of total, while about 750,000 vehicles had been recalled in Japan. At least 16 deaths have been linked to exploding Takata inflators, mainly in the United States, prompting the auto industry's biggest-ever global recall. The Japanese automakers said that the latest recalls were part of a wider recall of Takata inflators ordered by global transport authorities last year.


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Toyota said that recalls were issued for about 1.16 million vehicles sold in Oceania, the Middle East and the automaker's smaller markets, nearly one-third of total, while about 750,000 vehicles had been recalled in Japan. At least 16 deaths have been linked to exploding Takata inflators, mainly in the United States, prompting the auto industry's biggest-ever global recall. Vehicles sold in North America, Toyota's biggest market, were exempt from the latest recall, it added. The Japanese automakers said that the latest recalls were part of a wider recall of Takata inflators ordered by global transport authorities last year. Toyota Motor ( tm ) on Thursday said it was recalling a total of about 2.9 million vehicles in Japan, China, Oceania and other regions including its Corolla Axio sedan and RAV4 SUV crossover due to potentially faulty airbag inflators.


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