Due to human errors made by workers at Japan's Takata Corp., a supplier of air bags for multiple automakers, 3.4 million vehicles globally have been recalled for air bags that can burst and fling hot metal shards at passengesr.
Toyota is recalling around 1.73 million vehicles, including 580,000 in North America. Honda is recalling about 1.14 million vehicles, while Nissan may call back 480,000. Mazda was also hit, although on a smaller scale, recalling 45,463. Additionally, some of the faulty airbags made their way onto BMW and Pontiac products; all told, 1.3 million of the affected vehicles were shipped to North America.
For Toyota, models produced between November 2000 and March 2004, including the Corolla, Tundra and Lexus SC, were affected, along with the Honda Odyssey, Civic and CR-V.
According to the companies, the problems were triggered by faulty propellants used to inflate the front passenger air bag. To date, Toyota has received five cases of airbag malfunctions, three of which occurred in the United States, although no injuries have been reported.
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