The car industry is desperately trying to locate 90,898 cars with potentially deadly Takata airbags.
The NSW Coroners Court is examining the death of Huy Neng Ngo,who was killed in Sydney in 2017 when a defective Takata airbag inflated.
Deputy State Coroner Elaine Truscott says the airbags can cause"a serious injury akin to a gunshot wound".
The Andrews government move follows multiple attempts from vehicle manufacturers to contact affected owners,including letters,calls,emails and doorknocking.
Ford has announced a recall of its Courier vehicles it believes could be fitted with dangerous airbags.
Popular cars made by Audi,BMW,Ford,Honda,Mazda,Mitsubishi,Suzuki and Toyota are believed to be equipped with another type of airbag inflator which may spray shrapnel when deployed in a crash.
The cars may have a new type of Takata airbag linked to a death and a serious injury in two separate crashes in Australia,the ACCC said in an alert.
A new"urgent recall"for about 20,000 Australian cars has been issued,including models from BMW,Holden,Honda,Mitsubishi and Toyota.
Huy Neng Ngo,58,died after a Takata airbag shot metal shrapnel into his neck in a minor crash in Sydney's west in 2017.
Huy Neng Ngo was due to have the defective Takata airbag replaced two days before he died in a minor crash in Sydney’s west in July 2017.
Up to 1200 Queensland vehicles still have Takata airbags,which have propelled small fragments into drivers and passengers in crashes.