Toyota recall 58 million cars Japan China Europe Takata airbag

Toyota recall 58 million cars Japan China Europe Takata airbag

TOKYO: Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Wednesday said it was recalling a total of about 5.8 million cars at home and abroad over potentially faulty air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. (7312.T)The recall, which includes the Corolla and the Vitz subcompact hatchback model which is marketed overseas as the Yaris, covers models produced between May 2000 and November 2001, and April 2006 and December 2014, the company said in an email.It affects about 1.16 million vehicles sold in Japan, and also includes about 820,000 cars sold in China and around 1.47 million cars in the European market.