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Urgent! Your vehicle may be affected by the Takata Airbag Recall.

A faulty airbag has the potential to seriously injure, or even kill, vehicle drivers and passengers.

Check if your vehicle is affected by typing in your number plate and state or territory on this website.

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The world's biggest ever recall is the Takata airbag recall affecting over 2m vehicles around the world.

Australia's peak industry organisation (FCAI) has created a free check to see if your airbags are affected by the recall.

It costs nothing to find out and takes under 2 minutes to complete.

Check if your vehicle is affected by the Takata airbag recall.

This is a free search tool provided by Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (Australia)

FCAI is the peak industry organisation representing the manufacturers and importers of passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and motorcycles in Australia.

1. Enter your number plate 2. Select your state 3. Check My Vehicle

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November 2020 in Victoria alone, over 26,000 vehicles in need of urgent attention!

Takata airbags: Victoria's death trap suburbs revealed
Victoria has the highest number of deadly Takata airbags on the nation's roads, with over 26,000 cars in need of urgent attention. Here are the postcodes most at risk.

Deadly Takata airbags remain in more than 90,000 cars on Australian roads.

Blue-collar suburbs in capital cities have proved tough for car makers racing to replace faulty airbag inflators across the nation.

More than 3.7 million airbags in 2.71 million cars have been replaced as part of Australia's largest safety recalls.

But the ACCC says 107,329 airbags in 90,898 cars need to be sorted immediately.

"These airbags are very dangerous and have the potential to explode with too much force, even in low speed accidents, sending sharp metal fragments into the vehicle at high speed, potentially killing or seriously injuring its occupants," ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard said.

"We are concerned about the disproportionate number of outstanding airbags in some communities.

Victorian locations with
most cars outstanding
Chart
Suburb Vehicles repaired Vehicles to be repaired
Dandenong 7,152 595
Hoppers Crossing 9,941 589
Craigieburn 7,578 575
Point Cook 11,275 575
St Albans 5,716 449
Sunshine West 5,395 431
Caroline Springs 6,907 430
Cranbourne North 8,811 416
Noble Park 4,193 287
Glen Waverley 8,958 259
Narre Warren South 5,996 244
Melbourne (postcode 3000 and 3004) 4,846 243
Hillside 5,430 238
Reservoir 5,141 223
Springvale 2,775 219
Pakenham 4,427 216
Geelong 26,739 751
Melton 5,216 271
Bendigo 10,649 260
Ballarat 9,890 249
Greater Melbourne 525,215 21,145
Victoria 26,262
Australia 2,711,387 90,898

"Manufacturers have found it difficult to reach some drivers who may not have been as responsive to the warnings and notices sent to them, calls, text messages or in the case of critical vehicles, in person visits urging them to get their airbags replaced."

Manufacturers must replace all airbags in affected models before January 1, or face millions in fines.

Victoria leads the Australian state tally with 26,262 cars requiring urgent attention, narrowly ahead of NSW (26,197), Queensland (15,192), Western Australia (7919), South Australia (3995), Tasmania (1899), the ACT (1704) and Northern Territory (711).

Of the Victorian vehicles affected, 21,145 are in the greater Melbourne area.

Dandenong has 595 cars requiring attention, ahead of Hoppers Crossing (589), Craigieburn (575), Point Cook (575) and St Albans (449).

Outside the capital, the Geelong region has 751 cars with problematic airbags. Melton (271), Bendigo (260) and Ballarat (249) also have clusters of Takata-affected cars.

Tony Weber, chief executive for the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries representing carmakers, said "it is critically important that vehicle owners don't allow their family or friends to travel in vehicles with faulty airbags - it is just far too dangerous".

"Rectifying the airbag is absolutely, one hundred per cent free. There is no need for owners to worry about payment because there is no cost involved.

"You may want to check if a friend's car is safe before you ride in it, or you might want to check a family member's car for them.

"All you need to know is the vehicle's registration number and the state or territory of registration."

Owners can easily check the recall status of their vehicles by using the industry's Takata airbag recall website www.ismyairbagsafe.com.au or by texting TAKATA to 0487 AIRBAG (247 224).

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This article by David McCowen from November 2, 2020 issue of News Corp Australia Network



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What does this search tool cover?

The tool provides advice on whether your vehicle is or is not affected by the compulsory recall. This tool is designed as a gateway to your vehicle brand who is able to provide you with your vehicles status under the recall. See the FAQs for more information.

Vehicles that have been privately imported or supplied by an importer may return an unknown status. If this relates to you then you should contact your vehicle importer or brand directly.

The tool collates information provided from National Exchange of Vehicle and Driver Information System (NEVDIS), VFACTs and participating vehicle brands.

If, using this tool you are ever in doubt about whether or not your vehicle is affected, please contact your vehicle brand or importer directly

Don't Lose Your Car


DRIVERS who refuse to have their faulty Takata airbags replaced are having their car registration cancelled while others are being warned they face the same consequence if they fail to act.

Almost three years after the federal government announced an unprecedented compulsory recall of more than four million of the faulty airbags, about 130,000 potential ticking time bombs continue to be driven on our roads.

Of those, about 6000 are continuing to be driven despite being deemed 'critical'.

As a December 2020 deadline looms for makers to complete the recall, sanctions have been applied to motorists who have ignored recall notices.

VicRoads has cancelled the registrations of 110 owners of Alpha airbags and sent letters to another 2853 owners advising that registration suspensions will start soon.

The state still has 1059 vehicles with 'critical' airbags.

The Herald Sun last week revealed the Takata recall was about to become the country's biggest class action, as more than two million car owners sue seven leading car makers over the airbag scandal.

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This article by RICHARD BLACKBURN is from the September 29, 2020 issue of The Herald Sun Digital Edition.
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