AKIPRESS.COM - Toyota Motor has ordered the recall of 190,000 vehicles, mostly in Japan, to replace potentially explosive front passenger-side airbags made by troubled Japanese supplier Takata.

Toyota will recall 185,000 vehicles across 19 models including the Corolla and Alphard in Japan, according to transport ministry official Nobuhito Kiuchi.

Another 5,000 cars will be recalled in China, reports said.

Toyota said it will replace the airbag inflators in the recalled cars. In the event that a replacement part is not available, the dealer will disable the passenger-side airbag temporarily.

The recall follows an unusual deployment of the Takata-made airbag in a 2003-model Toyota Will Cypha subcompact during routine dismantling at a scrapyard recently, Japan's transport ministry said.

The Will Cypha's airbag ruptured with such force that it shattered the car's windshield and left metal shards on the floor, Akihiro Wakayama, a manager at the recycler, told Bloomberg.

The explosion sounded "like a gunshot" and was "two to three times" louder than normal, Wakayama added.

Japan's automobile recycling law requires dismantlers to deploy or remove airbags before shredding vehicles. They are also required to report any malfunction during the process.