Toyotas, Nissan, Honda, Mazda Automakers Announce Recalls

Defective airbag sensors or inflators have triggered a recall of 3.4 million vehicles worldwide, according to Reuters.

Autos made by Toyota, Nissan, Hondas, and Mazdas are impacted.

The faulty airbag device manufactured by Takata may “produce excessive internal pressure causing the inflators to rupture upon deployment of the air bag,” according to the recall notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The automakers have said that there have been no injuries as a result of the airbags, Reuters reports. The cars that were affected were all manufactured in or after the year 2000, according to Reuters.

How to find out if your car was impacted:

TOYOTA

• Toyota has posted on its website that car owners affected by the recall will be sent a notice in the mail. The press release reads that vehicles involved “include certain Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Sequoia, and Tundra and Lexus SC 430 models manufactured from 2001 – 2003.”

Jack Taylor's Alexandria Toyota
3750 Jefferson Davis Highway.
Alexandria, Va. 703-684-0710

Koons Arlington Toyota
4045 Lee Highway
Arlington, Va. 1-888-528-4993

Bill Page Toyota
2923 Annandale Road
Falls Church, Va.703-532-8800

Springfield Toyota
6570 Amherst Ave.
Springfield, Va. 703-451-0300

HONDA

• Honda did not have the list of cars posted on their site, however, owners can contact their local car dealer for details or contact Honda’s customer service hotline at (800) 999-1009.

Brown's Arlington Honda
3920 Lee Highway
Arlington, Va.
703-247-1192
 
Rosenthal Landmark Honda
5125 Duke St.
Alexandria, Va.
703-823-8081
 
Bill Page Honda
6715 Arlington Blvd.
Falls Church, Va.
703-533-5050
 
Honda of Tysons Corner
1580 Spring Hill Road
Vienna, Va.
703-749-6600

NISSAN

• Nissan has not posted the impacted cars on their site, but their customer service line is (800) NISSAN-1 (or 800-647-7261). They also gather information about recalls on their site.  

Passport Nissan Of Alexandria
150 S. Pickett St.
Alexandria, Va.
703-823-9000
 
Koons Nissan
1051 E. Broad St.
Falls Church, Va.
703-241-1000
 
Brown's Fairfax Nissan
11010 Fairfax Blvd.
Fairfax, Va.
703-591-8009
 
Sheehy Nissan of Springfield
6727 Loisdale Road
Springfield, Va.
703-922-7900

MAZDA

• On their Web site, Mazda does not single out which cars are affected but you can find your local car dealer using this tool or call Mazda’s customer assistance hotline at 1 (800) 222-5500.

Brown’s Fairfax Mazda
10570 Fairfax Blvd.Fairfax, Va.
Phone: 703-385-8170
Sales: 888-897-1493

Rosenthal Mazda - Arlington
750 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, Va.
703-527-3000
Sales: 877-446-4543

Brown’s Alexandria Mazda
7400 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, Va.
703-660-8400

Brown’s Chantilly Mazda
4155 Auto Park Circle
Chantilly, Va.
703-222-8920
Sales: 888-774-8563

According to the NHTSA, owners of the cars with the defective airbags will be notified by their manufacturers. 

“Dealers will inspect vehicles, and where a defective air bag inflator is identified, the inflator will be replaced, free of charge,” the notice reads.

Owners can also contact their vehicle manufacturer for more information.

Motorists can also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1 (888) 327-4236 (TTY 1 (800) 424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

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