Mazda recalls 75,000 cars over faulty airbags

Mazda Motor Corp said on Thursday that it has filed a recall for 75, 000 of its cars in Japan, and that it would also make a corresponding filing in the United States same day.

The recalls are to replace air bag inflators made by Takata Corp.

A Mazda spokesman, who spoke to reporters under the condition of anonymity, said the recall followed an order to expand a multi-million-vehicle recall in the United States.

Takata is at the centre of a global recall of tens of millions of cars for potentially deadly air bag inflators that could deploy with too much force and spray metal fragments inside vehicles.

Regulators have linked six deaths to the component so far.

Mazda’s latest move follows similar actions taken last week by Honda Motor Company and other automakers as part of an expanded recall by Takata to comply with demands from US auto safety regulators.

To date, the tally for Takata-related recalls stands at 811,000 vehicles globally, Takata Corp said.
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