Car manufacturers admit to refitting vehicles with faulty Takata airbags

By Lucy Cormack
Updated July 24 2017 - 8:23am, first published 8:14am
Takata airbags have the potential to explode and send metal shrapnel and other material into the cabin of a vehicle.  Photo: Chip Somodevilla
Takata airbags have the potential to explode and send metal shrapnel and other material into the cabin of a vehicle. Photo: Chip Somodevilla

At least five car makers in Australia have recalled their vehicles over dangerous airbags, only to refit them with the same faulty product, an investigation by consumer group Choice has found.

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