Toyota, Honda, Nissan recall millions of cars for airbag flaws
The auto makers recall at least 3 million vehicles worldwide for defects in airbags made by Takata Corp
Toyota recalled 1.73 million vehicles including the Corolla and Camry sedans worldwide on concern that a malfunctioning inflator in the airbag could inadvertently deploy the front-seat airbags or activate the automatic seat belt restraints. Photo: Michael Lassman/Bloomb
Updated: Fri, Apr 12 2013. 12 30 AM IST
Tokyo:
Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. recalled at least 3 million vehicles worldwide for defects in airbags made by Takata Corp.
Toyota recalled 1.73 million vehicles including the Corolla and Camry
sedans worldwide on concern that a malfunctioning inflator in the
airbag could inadvertently deploy the front-seat airbags or activate the
automatic seat belt restraints, Shino Yamada, a spokeswoman for the
Toyota City, Japan-based automaker, said by phone on Thursday.
Honda called back about 1.14 million vehicles globally,
while Nissan called back a more than 137,000 units in Japan, the
companies said in separate statements.
Toyota’s Yamada said five incidents of malfunctions have
been reported, though there were no accidents or injuries. The cars
being recalled were built between November 2000 and March 2004, she
said.
Takata, a maker of auto components, fell as much as 11% in Tokyo trading.
Toyota rose 5.3% to ¥5,610 as of 2:23pm in Tokyo trading, while the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed 1.4%.
rajat singh
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