Five million cars in airbag recall

Another major airbag recall is set to be launched internationally.

Continental Automotive Systems has filed documents with US authorities saying moisture can get inside its air bag control computers, causing the power supplies to corrode and fail.

This may cause the devices to not work in a crash.

Continental is set to notify carmakers, with the recall likely to date back as far as 2006 in some cases.

Already Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen and Mercedes have issued recalls, and some unidentified Mazda and Volvo Truck vehicles are included.

The announcement comes in the middle of the crisis involving Takata Corp. air bag inflators.

Continental says its problem first surfaced in January 2008 when it analysed a malfunctioning control unit.