Toyota Adds Another 1.37M Vehicles To The Massive Takata Airbag Recall - The Consumerist
Reuters reports that Toyota’s recall involves 1. 37 million vehicles using front passenger-side airbags with inflators that can rupture with enough force to injure or kill occupants upon deployment. Newly identified vehicles include model year 2003 to 2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, model year 2005 to 2006 Tundra, model year 2005 to 2007 Sequoia and model year 2003 to 2007 Lexus SC430. The company says the expansion brings the total number... A spokesperson for Toyota says that the company is unaware of any injuries or fatalities related to airbag deployments in the models recalled on Tuesday. While about 17 million of the 33. 8 million vehicles with the airbags had already been part of recalls by major automakers, millions of others had yet to be identified, leaving consumers wondering if they’re driving around with what some people... Toyota’s recall comes just hours after Honda announced it had recalled an additional 1. 39 million Accord and Civic sedans also for defective passenger-side airbags. Source: consumerist.com
