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</p><p>Toyota Kirloskar Motor has announced to recall 170 units of Prius Hybrid model from India, as part of a global recall of 1.43 million vehicles for defective air bags.</p><p>The company’s decision was initiate voluntarily for recall campaign in India starting June 29, 2016, for the inspection and installation of retention brackets on the curtain airbag inflators of specific numbers of Toyota Prius models sold in India, stated in a statement. The recalled units were manufactured between November 2009 and April 2012. The units that has been recalled to inspect the airbag inflator in the driver & passenger side airbag which could separate due to a suspected crack in weld. This could either cause the airbag to not deploy completely or the inflator parts could be ejected in the cabin causing serious injury to occupants.</p><p>The company said, "There are no reported failures of the affected part or any aggravations thereon in India till date. This voluntary recall campaign is being done by TKM in order to fulfil Toyota’s commitment to customer satisfaction."</p><p>Toyota is going to notify all known owners by mail and will install retention brackets, which could prevent the air bags from entering the vehicle interior. There will no charges for the replacement and repair charges owning to the recall will be borne by the company. Aside from this, Toyota is also recalling another 2.87 million vehicles globally for faulty fuel emissions controls.</p><p></p>