Australia Increases Takata Air Bags Recall to Just Under 4 Million Cars

Australia Increases Takata Air Bags Recall to Just Under 4 Million Cars
A woman stands next to a logo of Takata Corp at a showroom for vehicles in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 6, 2015. Reuters/Toru Hanai/File Photo
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SYDNEY—Australia said on Monday it was recalling an additional 1.1 million cars fitted with Takata Corp air bags, increasing the size of the country’s biggest ever compulsory recall to just under four million cars.

The Takata airbags have been linked to at least 18 deaths and 180 injuries globally because the inflators can rupture and shoot metal fragments into vehicles, leading to mass recalls around the world.