Japanese carmakers recall 3.4 million cars over airbag defect

Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Mazda are recalling 3.4 million cars globally over a defective part which could "cause the airbag inflator to rupture and deploy the airbag abnormally in a crash".

Toyota is recalling the most models in the UK, with 76,000 cars due to head back to the dealers for a thorough once over. Nissan says almost 60,000 UK models were involved, Honda will recall 14,475 cars and Mazda just 1,913.