Toyota has announced that it will recall further 247,000 vehicles over the safety issues related to Takata air bags.

The vehicles include Toyota Corolla, Matrix, Sequoia, Tundra and Lexus SC vehicles that were manufactured between 2001 and 2004.

The company previously recalled around 218,000 vehicles due to faulty front-seat passenger side airbags made by Takata.

After Toyota recalled vehicles in cooperation with US agency NHTSA the company asked Takata to investigate the incident.

Upon investigation it was found that the inflators could rupture under the influence of high absolute humidity.

Following the report the latest recall has been made in humidity areas, including along the Gulf Coast, southern Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa.

Toyota said: "The dealer will replace the front passenger airbag inflator with a newly manufactured one. If a replacement part is not available at the time of vehicle service, the dealer will follow procedures to temporarily disable the front passenger airbag assembly.

"In addition, the dealer will install a glove box hang tag informing occupants that the front passenger seat should not be occupied until the inflator assembly is replaced and the airbag is fully functional."