Mazda’s Atenza model is one of the vehicles affected by the recall.

Mazda Motor Corp, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd and Mitsubishi Motors Corp will call back roughly 710,000 cars with air bags with Takata Corp’s inflators, said the companies on Friday. Regulators have linked six deaths worldwide to defective Takata air bags which exploded too violently and shot shrapnel into vehicles.

Six deaths, all in Honda cars and more than 100 injuries have been connected by regulating agencies to faulty airbags of the auto parts maker Takata Corp.

The car parts maker announced that it was increasing the number of US cars it had recalled to 34 million, for verifications and review of their airbags.

At least 11 automakers have recalled over 50 million vehicles globally since 2008 for faulty bags, making this the largest recall in automobile history.

In Japan, Mazda is recalling around 120,000 vehicles, that includes the Atenza sedan, Bongo van and two models from Nissan and Mitsubishi, both built by Mazda. The Subaru car maker Fuji Heavy Industries is recalling 91,000 Imprezas in Japan. Both Mazda and Fuji are still working out plans for any overseas recalls. For Mitsubishi Motors, they plan to recall 100,000 cars in Japan and 412,000 overseas.

The auto parts maker is facing various lawsuits including criminal and regulatory investigations in North America. Takata faced a massive $41 million loss for the fourth fiscal quarter due to costs related to previously announced recalls.

It is alleged that the airbags can burst under pressure, spraying shrapnel inside the car. Investigations have shown that Takata airbag inflators were improperly sealed and are susceptible to damage by moisture. Toyota, the world’s largest carmaker, said that it would help get to the bottom of the problems with Takata’s airbags. Toyota’s promise comes as many are suspicious of whether the Japanese firm is financially robust enough to deal with an operation which could take years.