Toyota, Nissan add 6.5 million cars to air bag recall - 13WMAZ
SAN RAFAEL, CA - JANUARY 21: Brand new Toyota Corollas are displayed on the Toyota of Marin sales lot January 21, 2010 in San Rafael, California. Toyota announced today that is recalling 2. 3 million late model Toyota cars and trucks for a potential problem with the accelerator pedal sticking. The automaker previously recalled 4. 2 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles for a similar problem with floor mats causing the accelerator pedal to become stuck. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Toyota and Nissan launched massive global expansions Wednesday of their recalls of potentially deadly vehicle air bags made by Japan's Takata. The twin automakers' actions add more than 6. 5 million vehicles to the recalls that already encompassed millions of vehicles from multiple automakers in the U. S. -- and around the world. The recalls are in addition to the more than 17 million vehicles subject to earlier recalls. In an email to reporters, Toyota said the recall involves three distinct actions in the U. S. One is a new recall. In the next action, Toyota is expanding an April, 2013, recall to add 177,000 Tundra pickups from the 2003 and 2004 model years and 2004. Source: www.13wmaz.com
