Car manufacturers Toyota, Honda and Nissan are in the midst of recalling 3.4 million automobiles throughout the world due to a problem with their air bags. Japan's Takata Corp.'s air bags, used in the construction of the cars, have been found to be defective; their inflators could burst.

Production errors in the manufacture of the air bags led to the problem: a "worker forgot to turn on the switch for a system weeding out defective products and parts were improperly stored, which exposed them to humidity." There have been no injuries due to the defective air bags, although a few reports of problems with the air bags have been reported to car companies.

Takata Corp is the world's second-largest supplier of airbags and seatbelts, according to Reuters. This recall is the largest ever for Takata's air bags, and the largest for car manufacturers since Toyota's recall of seven million cars last year.

 

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