Tokyo - The Japanese automaker Toyota announced Wednesday it will recall on 1.43 million vehicles worldwide because of new problems found in airbags made by Takata company.
The models will undergo review are the Prius hybrid, Prius PHV and Lexus CT200h manufactured between 2008 and 2012.
The cars were sold in Japan (743,000 units), North America (495,000 units) and Europe (141,000 units), as confirmed Efe a company spokesman.
Toyota found small cracks in the welds of airbags driver and passenger, which could cause the separation of the device parts.
This could cause the inflator (metal chassis where the airbag is located) was designed in case the airbag is triggered and pose a risk to the occupants of the vehicle, though, for now, Toyota is not aware of any such incident, according the same source.
The manufacturing fault is different from the previously detected in airbags Takata, causing the recall over 100 million cars of different brands worldwide.
The defective devices have been associated with deaths of at least 11 people in the United States and Malaysia.
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