Mazda adds 540,000 vehicles to Takata air bag recall
Source: AP
By TOM KRISHER
DETROIT (AP) — Mazda is recalling nearly 540,000 older cars and pickup trucks in the U.S. and Canada, adding to the growing list of models under recall for air bags that potentially can explode with too much force.
The Japanese automaker said in documents posted Friday by U.S. and Canadian safety regulators that it is recalling nearly 503,000 cars to fix driver's air bags and 35,000 small pickup trucks to fix passenger air bags.
Affected models with potentially faulty driver's air bags are the 2003-2008 Mazda 6, 2006 to 2007 MazdaSpeed 6 and the 2004 to 2008 RX-8. The company also is recalling 2004-2006 B-Series pickup trucks to replace passenger side inflators.
Some of the vehicles are part of a previous recall. Last year Mazda recalled about 330,000 cars in the U.S. to fix driver's air bags.
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