Toyota adds 1.7 million cars to Takata airbag recall.

Business Insider (1/10, 5.01M) reports that Toyota Motor Company “said Wednesday it is recalling another 1.7 million vehicles worldwide for potentially faulty Takata airbag inflators as part of a multi-year industry recall campaign announced in 2016.” Toyota’s new recall “relates to vehicles from the 2010 through 2017 model years and includes 1.3 million vehicles in the United States.” Affected models include: “2010-2013 model year Corolla, 2010-2013 Matrix, 2010-2016 4Runner, and 2011-2014 Sienna.”

        Consumer Reports (1/10, 14.13M) reports that the latest announcement “covers passenger-side front airbag inflators,” and is part of “the effort by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and automakers to space out the replacement of Takata airbag inflators based on the risk to drivers and passengers.”

        MLive (MI) (1/10, 845K) reports the recall includes “the 2010 -2012 Lexus ES 350, 2010 through 2017 GX 460, 2010-2015 IS 250C and 350C, the 2010 through 2013 IS 250 and 350, and the 2010-2014 IS-F, and also the 2010-2015 Scion XB.” The NHTSA “announced in May 2016 that its ‘five-phase’ Takata recall will be based on the prioritization of risk, which will pull the age of the inflators, exposure to high humidity and varying high temperatures into its formula.”

        Newsweek (1/10, Godlewski, 2.02M), and Fast Company (1/10, 2.41M) also report.