Takata – Stop drive warning for hundreds of western Australian vehicles

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The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries has again called for owners to make sure they have faulty airbags replaced. But, as David Brown reports there are sill over 200,000 that still need to go.

Nationwide, 2.6 million vehicles have had faulty Takata airbags replaced representing 3.6 million airbags.

Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, and South Australia have achieved 95% replacement of faulty airbags.

NSW and the ACT have replaced 94%.

Victoria and the Northern Territory 93%.

Nearly 220,000 airbags still need to be replaced.

The critical Alpha Takata airbags are so dangerous the FCAI recommends you stop driving your vehicle immediately.  In these cases, owners risk the cancellation of their vehicle registration if they fail to act.

You can see if your car needs this at the website www.ismyairbagsafe.com.au

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David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry. A qualified Civil Engineer he specialised in traffic engineering and transport planning. What followed were various positions including being seconded to a government think-tank for the planning of transport firstly in Sydney and then for the whole of NSW. After working with the NRMA and as a consultant he moved to being an independent writer and commentator on the broader areas of transport and the more specific areas of the cars we drive. His half hour motoring program “Overdrive” has been described as an “informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas”. It is heard on 22 stations across Australia. He does weekly interviews with several ABC radio stations and is also heard on commercial radio in Sydney. David has written for metropolitan and regional newspapers and has presented regular segments on metropolitan and regional television stations. David is also a contributor for AnyAuto