The last three days have seen Kiwi drivers flocking to a Government website to check and see if their vehicle is included in the list of vehicles affected in the Takata airbag recalls.
On Wednesday, the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Kris Faafoi announced that several hundred thousand airbag units in use in New Zealand cars will need to be recalled for safety reasons
Since then The New Zealand Transport Agency's recall website has been visited 1.3 million times.
An extensive list of all makes and models which will need airbag recalls can be found here: https://www.recalls.govt.nz/airbags/
Prior to the Governments announcement, only 1300 people had checked the website.
Figures provided to the NZ Herald by the Minister of Consumer Affairs office show that the number of unique views in the period from Wednesday to Friday afternoon were at 214,000.
Mr Faafoi said all Alpha type Takata brand airbags in new and used cars are now subject to a compulsory airbag recall, and he said they are used in "many of the common car makes in New Zealand".
While there have been "no serious or fatal incidents" so far involving the airbags, "the risks are too great to do nothing".
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