The list of vehicles with defective Takata airbags is growing. The latest to add into the list is Japanese car manufacturer Mazda, which expanded its current list of affected cars to included more than 370,000 units.

Mazda said that all the cars the company is adding into the recall list were installed with defective passenger side air bags manufactured by Takata. The recall list was updated as the company's own internal investigation found out that defective Takata air bags were installed into its cars.

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To be exact, 374,519 vehicles are being added into the recall list. A letter of acknowledgement posted on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reads, "In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death."

The NHTSA added that the recent recall from Mazda will cover Mazda 6 model years 2003 to 2008, MazdaSpeed 6 with model years 2006 to 2007 and Mazda RX-8 bearing the 2004 model year.

The 2003 to 2008 models of Mazda 6 were manufactured from May 29, 2002 to May 5, 2008. The MazdaSpeed 6 bearing the model years 2006 to 2007 were manufactured from July 1, 2005 to June 29, 2007. The Mazda RX-8 2004 was a limited model and was manufactured from June 25 to 30, 2003.

Japanese company Takata is at the top of one of the biggest recall list in automotive history. The company is facing more than $70 million in fines as well as the repair and replacement costs of defective airbags that were installed to at least 12 car companies encompassing more than 19 million vehicles in total.

At least nine deaths and more than 100 injuries were reportedly related to the defective Takata airbags in the United States alone. The current airbag outrage has been tagged by many auto experts as a bit ironic as these bags are meant to protect and save the lives of drivers and passengers.

Investigations regarding Takata airbags reveal that the inflator housing has a tendency to burst during a crash, these can cause metal shards to spew throughout the car cabin and can cause serious injuries to both passenger and driver, according to Tech Times.