Daimler is to recall around 840,000 vehicles to check for potentially faulty Takata airbags in a move the automaker expects will cost about EUR340m.

The recall affects about 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and about 136,000 Daimler vans in the United States.

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Costs will be booked in financial year 2015 reducing net profit to EUR8.7bn and group EBIT to EUR13.2bn.

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