Airbag car recall hits 625K

Thirteen automakers are recalling more than 652,000 vehicles in the United States in the latest action taken over faulty Takata airbags.

Automakers with recalls posted Thursday are Audi, Nissan, Jaguar-Land Rover, Subaru, Daimler Vans, Tesla, Mitsubishi, BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, Mazda, McLaren and Karma. All the recalls are to replace front-passenger inflators.

Takata inflators can explode with too much force, blowing apart a metal canister and sending shrapnel into the passenger compartment. Sixteen people have died worldwide and more than 180 have been hurt due to the problem.

The recall is among the latest round of Takata recalls covering 5.7 million vehicles involving 19 automakers in the United States. In total, it’s the largest auto recall in US history, affecting 69 million inflators and 42 million vehicles. Some 100 million inflators have been recalled worldwide.