LUBBOCK -
It's something we should all do, but fail to do it. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration aims to remind drivers with a new campaign to check for recalls.
The 'Safe Cars Save Lives' campaign is encouraging drivers to get into the habit of checking for recalls by going online.
NHTSA Administrator, Mark Rosekind, said "These are not problems to be taken lightly. They threaten your safety, and the safety of everyone in your vehicle, and even those on the roads beside you."
The biggest recall right now are Takata airbags.
"The Takata airbag recall, which we are more than doubling today(Wednesday), is the largest and most complex recall in U.S. history," he said.
Takata recalling an additional 35 to 40 million more airbags, because they may explode and injure even kill drivers and passengers. At least ten deaths in the U.S. have been connected to the airbag problems.
Annette Sykora, with Smith South Plains, said, "Especially if it is an 08 or later you are at greater risk. If you have been in high humidity or going to high humidity you are at greater risk."
The recall expansion means more than 20 percent of the cars on the road have faulty airbags that need to be replaced, which is about 260 million cars.
"Even on highly publicized recalls there are still a large number of consumers who either don't know that they are affected, or know but haven't taken action," Rosekind said.
Sykora said the dealership handles recalls on a daily basis.
"The first thing we are going to do on any vehicle whether that customer told us if they have a recall or not, is we are going to run that VIN number and see what recalls exist, inform the customer, then we will repair those recalls," she said.
If you would like to see if your vehicle is on the recall list, click here.
