Toyota Expands Vehicle Recall in Japan for Air-bag Fix
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Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, expanded a 14-month-old recall of more than 2 million vehicles for faulty air bags after supplier Takata Corp. told customers further fixes may be needed.
Toyota called back an additional 650,000 vehicles, including Corolla cars, the Toyota City, Japan-based company said today in an e-mail. A total of 2.27 million Toyota vehicles worldwide are affected by the recall because most cars that were called back last year weren’t fixed, spokeswoman Shino Yamada said. The carmaker has received one report of a seat-cover burn related to defective air-bag inflators.