UPDATE: Toyota Dumps Takata for Rival Airbag Inflator Suppliers

Toyota Motor Corp. confirms plans over the next five years to buy as many as 13 million replacements for Takata Corp. airbag inflators from three rival suppliers.

Toyota's deal to buy the devices from Autoliv, Daicel and Nippon Kayaku is a vote of no confidence in Takata's own replacement inflators.

Eleven car and truckmakers are recalling some 40 million vehicles to replace Takata inflators that could explode when triggered by a crash. Takata and a consortium of carmakers so far have failed to pinpoint the root cause of the failures, making it impossible to narrow the scope of the recalls.

Toyota has announced plans to replace the Takata frontal airbag inflators in roughly 12 million of its vehicles worldwide. But the volume could increase if Toyota decides newer Takata inflators could become dangerous later on. Sources tell Reuters that Toyota plans to replace inflators in its oldest vehicles first.