Mazda expands Takata air bag recall by 40000 vehicles - The Detroit News
Washington — Mazda Motor Co. said Thursday it will recall another 40,000 vehicles in an expanded number of high-humidity states because of Takata passenger air bags that can explode. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been pressuring automakers to expand the population of vehicles in the regional passenger air bag recalls from beyond Florida, Hawaii and warm weather U. S. territories after Takata on Nov. Previously, Mazda said it was recalling about 44,000 vehicles in the United States and 2,600 in Puerto Rico. On Wednesday, Honda Motor Co. agreed to a U. S. government request to expand nationwide its recall of driver-side air bags. In November, NHTSA asked Takata and five automakers — Honda, Ford, Chrysler, BMW and Mazda Motor Co. — to issue nationwide recalls for millions of vehicles with driver-side air bags. Until Wednesday, none had done so. Honda accounted for the majority of vehicles recalled in the United States for air bag problems. Also Wednesday, Chrysler said it will recall an additional 149,150 pickups, but stopped far short of the broader U. S. recall request. Ford also said Wednesday it would expand its regional passenger air bag recall by 13,000 vehicles. Source: www.detroitnews.com
