Toyota Widens Airbag Recall

Toyota said today it’s adding 247,000 vehicles to a previous recall for potentially deadly airbags supplied by Takata, and warning owners not to use the front passenger seat until the cars are repaired. The new action brings to 16 million worldwide the number of vehicles with Takata-supplied airbags since 2008. The defective bags can inflate improperly and blast what amounts to shrapnel through the cover and into the vehicle’s occupants.