TOYOTA Australia is trying to locate “thousands” of counterfeit airbag parts that could prove deadly in a crash.
The bogus parts — sold in what appears to be genuine Toyota packaging — fit most of the 2 million Toyotas sold in Australia over the past 10 years, but the company has no idea how many have been installed in cars locally.
The fake airbag “spiral cables” are sold by unscrupulous importers who are selling them to independent repairers and possibly Toyota dealers who are likely unaware the parts are bogus.
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