The global Takata airbag recall crisis widened again today with Honda Motor Co. calling back another quarter million vehicles in Japan equipped with possibly defective airbag inflators in response to the massive U.S. recall expansion ordered by safety regulators.The Japan tally affects 259,479 vehicles, plus an additional 79,249 that had previously been included in an inspection campaign but had yet to be fixed, Honda said.
More recalls will be announced for other regions, including the United States, to address the defects, Honda said. But the carmaker is still determining the numbers and identifying which markets outside Japan and the United States are included. It was unclear whether Europe was among them. A spokesman could not say when those details would be announced.
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