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Cars airbags can be ticking bombs

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Cars Source: AAP

More than a million cars in Australia could be still fitted with faulty airbags, despite manufacturer Takata issuing a global recall.

The bags have been linked to eighteen deaths around the world, including one in New South Wales this month.

Tom Godfrey, a spokesman for consumer watchdog Choice,  says Toyota, Mazda, Lexus, BMW and Subaru have been using Takata airbags.

The recall is the largest in automotive history, involving about 100 million vehicles worldwide.

 

 

 

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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By Maram Ismail



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