Toyota is recalling another 650,000 vehicles in Japan, deepening a safety crisis for Japanese airbag maker Takata. <br /><br />This latest recall means a total of 6.5 million cars equipped with Takata airbags have now needed to be fixed worldwide over the last five years.<br /><br />Takata, which is the world’s second biggest manufacturer of vehicle safety equipment, is anticipating more recalls from other carmakers.<br /><br />It said it was having difficulties tracking airbag inflators with potential defects that date back over a decade and which could cause the inflators to explode in an accident.<br /><br />The Tokyo-based supplier said it had discovered record-keeping errors at a plant in Mexico where potentially faulty airbag inflators were made in 2001 and 2002.<br /><br />The explosive propellants used to inflate airbags were badly made after chemicals were improperly stored Takata has said.<br /><br />In 2013, carmakers including Toyota, Honda, Nissan and BMW recalled about 3.6 million vehicles because of flaws in Takata airbag inflators.<br /><br />It was the largest airbag-related recall in history and came after a series of recalls, accidents and at least two deaths allegedly caused by faulty airbags.<br /><br />with Reuters
