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Toyota warns drivers of 50,000 vehicles to stop driving immediately and get cars repaired


Toyota said it is urging the owners of 50,000 older vehicles to stop driving the cars immediately and get their faulty airbags fixed.

Because of the age of the airbags, it's more likely that a part inside could explode and shoot sharp metal fragments, which could lead to serious injury or even death, the automaker said. The recalled RAV4s have Takata driver's air bags while the Corolla and Matrix models have them on the passenger side. Takata used volatile ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate air bags in a crash.

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