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Expansion of Toyota airbag recall includes 637,000 US cars

The vehicles are being recalled in three separate campaigns, according to documents posted early Friday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The airbags were supplied by Takata. More than 36 million vehicles equipped with Takata airbags and sold by 10 manufacturers have been recalled worldwide since mid-2009.

Earlier this week, Toyota in Japan said it would expand its global airbag recalls by nearly 5 million vehicles.

As part of that effort, Toyota is recalling 300,000 vehicles sold in high-humidity U.S. states and territories, including the 2005-07 Corolla, Corolla Matrix and Sequoia, 2005-06 Tundra and 2005-07 Lexus SC, as well as the 2005-07 Pontiac Vibe made for General Motors.

Toyota is also recalling 177,000 2003-04 Tundras and 2004 Sequoias, as well as 160,000 2004-05 RAV4s.

With all of the recalls, NHTSA said "the inflator could rupture, with metal fragments striking and potentially seriously injuring" vehicle occupants.

In a statement, Toyota's U.S. subsidiary said "multiple investigations into the root cause of the potential for inflator rupture are taking place."