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Government warns motorists about counterfeit airbags

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    Rick Leventhal reports from New York

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Got a Fox News alert right now new warnings to motorists about counterfeit air -- any moment now the Transportation Department.

We'll hold a news conference to alert thousands of drivers about air bags failing to inflate.

About a hundred different vehicles said to be on that list and Rick Leventhal is on that story live here in New York where do these fake air -- come from.

Document apparently from China bill and this is probably the last thing car owners would ever worry about.

You assume -- you get in -- crash your airbag -- -- and protect you from injuries or death but thousands of people.

Likely have counterfeit air bags that could fail to inflate.

Or at least one case shower -- a driver was shards of metal shrapnel on impact.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration releasing a lengthy list of vehicles this morning.

That may have these bags that could fail to save your life the warnings apply to almost every car or truck on the road today that's had an airbag replaced.

Over the past three years in this include used vehicles.

-- the air bag may have deployed and be replaced before you bought it.

The counterfeit bags look real they -- manufacturer's logo they were sold to auto repair shop to well below market value and if you had.

Your airbag replaced at a dealership you should be OK -- well how do you know if your car is on that list well the NHTSA.

Argument is holding a press conference is expected to start any minute now down in Washington.

-- revealing details on these counterfeit bags.

The vehicles affected and how ownership handle the nude on there it is now the -- press got this started and the NHTSA is encouraging drivers to check a government website -- safer car dot gov to find out of your vehicles on the list that we've got an advance copy.

And we can't fit all the vehicles on the screen well over -- Harvard models from dozens of manufacturers from accurate and Audi BMW -- Buick Honda it's Hyundai.

Mazda Mercedes Volkswagen's -- Almost everything in between against other full list it's -- -- dot gov if your car truck is on the list.

It's up to you to bring your vehicle to a dealership get the -- bad inspected.

It could -- a hundred bucks or more and that's gonna be.

Coming right out -- the drivers are Alatas fascinating development there will watch the press conference we'll get a link to our website I'm certain Jewish foxnews.com.

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All the folks who wanna see that list thank you -- -- eleven calls on that --

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