Bidness Autos - Toyota Motors Requests To Call 5 Million Cars Back With Air Bag Issues

The Japanese automaker has decided to call back around 5 million cars to fix the issue of having faulty air bags.

Toyota Motors has reported it will be recalling cars from all over the world to fix the problem of having air bags that are not up to the mark and have faults. Along with it, Nissan Motors and Honda Motors will also be following suit.

According to a news report by Bloomberg, it was seen that around 6 million cars in total are being requested by the respective companies for the purposes of solving issues in them that have long been prevailing. The major reason for the Japanese firm to be recalling its cars from all over the globe is the emerging problem of faulty airbags that have suddenly surfaced.

As per available records, Toyota (TM) Company has decided to call back around 5 million cars which include various models produced and manufactured by the firm. Among all the cars being called back to the firm, 35 models are the ones that were released by the Japanese firm between the time period of March 2003 and November 2007. The company has released a report in which it has raised concerns over the unusual activity of the airbags that has been seen to deploy at random moments, many times when it was not even needed. This going off of the air bag on the precise moment when the vehicle was hit by another car was taken into consideration by the auto making firm to realize that something was definitely seen to be wrong with them.

According to recent Toyota news, it became evident that the firm will be calling back its cars in the start of June 2015 by first informing the customers. The total Japanese cars to be recalled by the firm have come around at 1.56 million, as reported by a spokesperson of the Japan-based company. This step that is being taken by the auto giants is due to the safety campaign that has gained momentum recently. As a result of this campaign, around ten other auto making companies in the industry have been calling back cars to fix the issue since 2008.

According to a Japanese analyst Takeshi Miyao, it has been noted that this problem has suddenly surfaced and is now being looked into by Toyota and Nissan as before both the companies were unaware of such a problem taking place in the air bags that they were placing in their cars. Takata Corp, who is responsible for providing the automakers these airbags have also been not aware of the fault in the bags they were providing.