Meanings of faulty airbags in English

But that still leaves 228,000 faulty airbags in more than 196,000 vehicles.

The explosive material inside the faulty airbags can deteriorate and become unstable over time, particularly in humid climates.

ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard says a BMW, Honda and Nissan with faulty airbags were offered for sale.

He criticised some car makers for not telling customers they were replacing faulty airbags with the same model.

That makes it difficult to establish just how and when awareness of the faulty airbags unfolded inside the companies.

Car companies fed up at motorists' inaction on faulty airbags are pressuring authorities to force owners to get them fixed.

That leaves more than 2.4 million cars on Australian roads yet to have faulty airbags replaced.

Last year, the ACCC issued a voluntary recall on the 60 types of cars sold in Australia that used the faulty airbags.

Tens of thousands more New Zealand cars are being recalled after a global recall to fix faulty airbags extended to more manufacturers.

A car magazine writer is surprised there are still thousands of vehicle owners who haven't had their faulty airbags replaced for free.

Carmakers have spent years replacing the faulty airbags and roughly 95 per cent of them have been changed as of last month.

Motor Industry Association chief executive Dave Crawford said the association welcomed the recall, in particular the prevention of importing cars with faulty airbags.

More than 11 million vehicles have been recalled in the United States since 2008 due to faulty airbags.

Autotalk car magazine writer, Richard Edwards, is surprised that there are thousands of vehicle owners who haven't had their faulty airbags replaced for free.

A survey of US owners in 2015 found that only 12 per cent of faulty airbags had been replaced.

The government's sending a warning to motorists with faulty airbags - if you don't get them fixed, you won't be getting a warrant of fitness.