Takata recall is the largest in US history

An about face from the Japanese supplier Takata now admitting nearly 34 million airbags could be defective and dangerous.

The airbags have been known to explode sending out shrapnel with them.

So far at least five deaths in the US have been tied to the faulty devices.

We caught up with Al Cerrone of Cerrone Chevrolet to find out what you as a driver should know.

“When there’s any recall generally the manufactures make every effort to get in touch with the owners and it’s done by registration,” said Cerrone.

But, if you don’t want to wait you can also look it up for yourself. All you have to do is enter your car’s VIN number on the government website, safercar.gov. The website does warn that it could take anywhere from a few days to weeks for the recall list to be fully updated.

“I definitely was worried we had seen it again on the news last night we were going to look it up. I thank you very much for looking it up for us. We are relieved but we still will check back again,” said Jo-Ellen Fisher.

If your car is affected you need to take it to the dealership to be fixed. Cerrone recommends calling ahead to make sure the dealership has the parts necessary to fix the airbag.

“It’s free of charge and my best guess is that the timing on it is about 1 to 2 hour operation to change the airbag,” said Cerrone.

(C) WLNE 2015