NEW YORK: A US unit of Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. announced Wednesday that it will recall about one million vehicles of the Toyota and high-end Lexus brands in the United States.

It said that the air bag system for the front passenger seat in the recalled vehicles may not function properly, due to a defective sensor causing a short circuit.

Subject to the recall include the 2020-2021 models of the RAV4 SUV and the Corolla sedan.

Sensors in front passenger seats are designed to detect whether there is a passenger and how much the passenger weighs, in order to appropriately inflate air bags in the event of a collision. The sensors may have been improperly manufactured.

The company plans to inform customers with involved vehicles of the recall by mid-February next year.

JIJI Press