Jaguar to recall 100,000 cars in the US for faulty Takata airbags

Luxury carmaker Jaguar has announced a recall of 100,000 units of the outgoing XF sedan in the US, due to the defective airbag inflators supplied by Takata.

Speaking at the annual earnings conference of Jaguar Land Rover in Mumbai yesterday,  Ralph Speth, CEO, Jaguar Land Rover, said: "We have had discussions and keeping in mind the safety of our customers, we have decided that we will recall 100,000 previous-generation XF models sold in the US."

The latest recall by JLR will be a part of the recently announced recall of 35-40 million cars in the US.

Previously, 14 automakers had recalled 24 million vehicles with 28.8 million inflators linked to at least 11 deaths and more than 100 injuries.

Experts have deemed the recall as the largest in US auto safety history. Malfunctioning Takata airbag inflators can explode with too much force, sending life threatening shrapnel into vehicles. The issue has been linked to 13 deaths worldwide, and more than 100 injuries so far.