Automakers taking action to find, fix 6 million defective airbags [Video]

INDIANAPOLIS — Ten years after government regulators announced a massive, nationwide recall involving defective airbags, more than six million of the potentially deadly airbags are still on the road.

“As time passes, they are getting more and more risky, and that’s why it’s very critical they get fixed very quickly,” said National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief of recall management Alex Ansley. “You shouldn’t even be operating one of these vehicles at this point if it still has a recalled Takata airbag.”

According to safety advocates and government regulators, the millions of defective airbags pose a safety threat to motorists that is equivalent to a “ticking timebomb.” For that reason, automakers are now taking drastic action in Indianapolis and around the nation to find and fix the …