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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has conducted inspections at 679 second-hand motor dealers, auction houses and wreckers across Queensland to ensure dangerous vehicles were not being sold to unsuspecting consumers, as part of a national compliance operation for the Compulsory Takata Recall Notice.
Acting Attorney-General Mick de Brenni said more than 20,000 vehicles were checked which found 105 vehicles fitted with the faulty Takata airbags.
"Airbags save lives and we want to protect Queenslanders from serious injury due to faulty airbags," Mr de Brenni said.
"Takata airbags have the potential to explode in an accident, even a minor one, and can send sharp metal fragments through the vehicle at high speed, potentially causing a serious injury or fatality.