Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday they would expand a recall previously issued in North America to the rest of the world to replace potentially lethal passenger side air bag inflators made by Takata.
That led to immediate local action such as Toyota Australia saying it would recall an as yet unknown number of Lexus SC430 models built between May 2003 and December 2007 relating to the passenger side front airbag equipped with Takata airbag inflators. It was also extending the range of vehicles involved in an earlier passenger side front airbag recall affecting Yaris and Avensis Verso vehicles built between April 2003 and December 2008.
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Nissan said it was calling back 198,000 vehicles including the Navara, Caravan, and Teana built between April 2007 and December 2008 after a corresponding recall in the United States and Canada previously.
The cause of the potential defect in these recalls remains unknown. There have been no reports of accidents or injuries from the expanded recalls, both automakers told Reuters.
