adminNEW YORK. — Toyota has urged owners of 50,000 older vehicles in the United States to get immediate repairs as airbag inflators made by Takata could explode and kill them.
The “Do Not Drive” advisory covers some of the world’s biggest carmaker’s models from 2003 to 2005.
Since 2009, more than 30 deaths have been linked to air bag inflators produced by Takata.
Toyota says “if the airbag deploys, a part inside is more likely to explode and shoot sharp metal fragments”.
Those fragments “could cause serious injury or death to the driver or passengers,” it added.
The vehicles involved in the recall are the 2003-2004 model Corolla, 2003-2004 Corolla Matrix, and 2004-2005 RAV4.
Serious issues with Takata airbag inflators have resulted in the biggest motor industry safety recall in history, involving more than 100 million products and over 20 carmakers. — BBC.
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