Recently a customer asked me about the current air bag safety recall concerning his vehicle and was concerned whether or not his vehicle was involved.  If you were not aware about 7.8 million vehicles, made by 10 different automakers, have been recalled to replace frontal air bags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both. The air bags, made by a major parts supplier, Takata, were installed in cars from model year 2002 through 2008. Some of those air bags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants.  The auto manufacturers have a good network setup to notify someone in the event of a recall but some slip through the cracks due to vehicles being sold, no forwarding address and so on. One of the best ways to be sure is to log on to the NHTSA website http://www.nhtsa.gov/Vehicle+Safety/Recalls+&+Defects  enter your vehicle identification number and you will be directed to a site which will tell you if your vehicle is eligible for current recall campaigns. The site also has a wealth of information on other safety issues from car seats to tires.