Toyota recently added 1.37 million more vehicles to its list of vehicles recalled for faulty Takata airbags.
Automakers have been poring over their records in the last few weeks to ascertain which of their vehicles have faulty Takata airbags. Most have found and publicized which ones, but Toyota added another 1.37 million vehicles to its list.
The total number of Toyota vehicles in the U.S. with the potentially deadly airbags is now 2.9 million, the company said.
On Monday, Honda announced it was recalling 1.39 million in the U.S. with faulty front passenger-side Takata airbags. The vehicles had previously been recalled for front driver-side airbags.
The additional 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.
Toyota is unaware of any injuries or fatalities related to airbag deployments in the models recalled on Tuesday, officials said.
“Toyota’s focus remains on the safety and security of our customers, and we will continue to respond promptly to new developments so we can resolve issues for them as quickly, conveniently and safely as possible,” said Dino Triantafyllos, chief quality officer, Toyota Motor North America.
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Multiple investigations into the root cause of the potential for inflator rupture are taking place, including by Orbital ATK, an independent engineering firm commissioned by an industry-wide joint testing initiative comprised of the ten automotive manufacturers conducting Takata-related recalls.
The automaker identified 24 incidents of improper deployments, including eight reports of injuries, of Takata airbags in its vehicles worldwide, Reuters reported.
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The airbags can open with too much force sending pieces of shrapnel into the vehicle cabin. Seven deaths have been attributed to the faulty igniters as well as dozens of injuries.
After several months of stonewalling efforts to expand the recall from a regional effort to a national action, Takata acquiesced and ordered recalls of more than 33 million vehicles in the U.S. last month.
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The supplier has been scrambling to increase production of its of replacement kits. It’s more than doubled its production output and expected to hit 1 million units a month in September. It has enlisted competitors, such as Autoliv, to help with the efforts.