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Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata Corp. is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles, according to several media reports today.

Reuters attributed the information to three sources briefed on the matter. The Wall Street Journal and Nikkei posted similar reports. 

The expanded recall will be phased in over several years and more than double what is already the largest and most complex auto safety recall in U.S. history. The new recall will cover all frontal airbag inflators without a drying agent, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.

Plans for the expanded callback come after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed findings from three outside investigations -- by the 10-automaker Independent Testing Coalition, Honda and Takata -- into the defective airbag inflators.



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