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Australia's consumer watchdog has classified 20,000 cars equipped with faulty Takata airbags as particularly unsafe, requiring owners to stay off the road immediately, Reuters reported.

BMW, Honda, Mitsubishi and Toyota have listed 20,000 of them as "critical" models, urging owners to stay off the road, the agency said.

Honda Australia said it had replaced 90.9 per cent of the faulty Takata airbags, but still had to respond to the recall for affected consumers. Toyota Australia also said that the Echo and RAV4 made between 2003 and 2005 were listed as "critical" models and urged consumers to replace airbags and stop driving on the road. BMW Australia and Mitsubishi Australia did not comment on the recall notice.

In March last year, the Australian government ordered a mandatory recall of 2.7 million cars with hidden problems with Takata airbags due to problems with Takata airbags. In May of the same year, Australia recalled another 1.1 million vehicles with hidden problems with Takata airbags. So far, Australia has recalled nearly 4 million vehicles with Takata airbags.

The recall triggered by Takata airbag problems is the largest automobile safety recall in the auto industry, which began in 2008 and designed 19 car manufacturers. It is understood that. Takata airbag contains ammonium nitrate, which will become extremely unstable if exposed to high temperature and humidity for a long time, resulting in hidden dangers such as explosion and flying out of metal fragments after bursting, resulting in casualties. It is reported that 23 people have been killed and 290 injured in Takata airbag problems nationwide.

At the beginning of this year, Ford announced a worldwide recall of 953000 vehicles due to problems with Takata airbags, including 782000 in the United States and 150000 in Canada. In the same month, Toyota also announced a worldwide recall of 1.7 million vehicles, involving models of Takata airbag devices there are safety risks.

For the Chinese market, it is also widely affected by Takata airbags. In the first half of this year, China recalled 674200 vehicles due to Takata airbag problems, involving BMW, Tesla, Subaru, Ferrari, Toyota and other car companies, while in the second half of this year, China recalled about 733000 Takata airbag vehicles, mainly Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Toyota.

The Takata airbag incident not only caused the largest recall in the history of the automobile industry, but also directly led to the bankruptcy of Takata. It is understood that Takata airbag manufacturer Takata Company of Japan was founded in 1933, mainly engaged in the research and development of automotive safety systems and devices, including automotive airbags, steering wheels, seat belts and airbag gas generators, child safety seats, etc., and was once one of the world's well-known suppliers of automotive safety systems. In June 2017, Takata filed for bankruptcy due to product safety issues, and Junsheng Electronics subsequently launched an acquisition. On April 12, 2018, the subsidiary Gusheng Security Systems (JSS) successfully settled the assets of Takata, Japan, at a price of US $1.588 billion.

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