Carmakers recall over 12 million US vehicles over Takata air bags

Washington

EIGHT carmakers say they are recalling more than 12 million US vehicles for defective Takata air bag inflators, widening the largest-ever car safety effort to more passenger-side devices.

Honda Motor Co is recalling 4.5 million US vehicles while Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is recalling 4.3 million, according to the documents. The new recall is focused on passenger-side air bag inflators, while prior recalls were for all frontal inflators.

Takata declared 14 million inflators defective in the first phase of its latest recall, and…