Missing airbag thoughts

I've gotten along just fine in my '92 Corolla Wagon without an airbag for 208,000 miles. Of course my car never had one.

I think I'd talk to your automobile insurance person and see if they require you to have all the safety equipment installed.

Me? I'm happy I don't have a 'bomb' in my steering wheel....

In message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Scott in Florida sprach forth the following:

But you're happy dropping bombs on innocent civilians.

Um, I think it's Federally mandated that the air bag be reinstalled. I know here in Mass you can't get a car inspected to go back on the road after a collision without replacing the bag (Is this car *registered*? If so, HOW?!)

Google Toyoa Celica Airbag. We used to get them for as low as $25. In one case, we bought a whole car (Town Car) for $200, 'cause the airbag alone was $750...

I would. The injuries you can get in a crash are worse than the damage done by an air bag.

Jeff

I dont think being 5'1 is the culprit but rather short people who tend to drive very close to the steering wheel. Now about replacing it well... If the DMV doesn't require it, then I dont need it. : )

Any place that repaired a collision-damaged car without replacing a deployed airbag may not have done that good a repair job. Sure, the car may look nice, but it may have been improperly spliced together with another car and can literally crack apart in a crash.

Have you thought of installing pedal extensions so you don't have to sit as closely to the steering wheel?

maybe im wrong about this, i dont know.. but i dont think your airbag is going to hurt you so long as you have your belt on.

My mother-in-law is quite incapable of hurting me with or without my belt on.

Not if you hit her in the head with a bat first. Think on your feet... Swing away!

Good line. Swing away. Right from Gibson's "Signs". Hmmm.

Alien invasion...mother-in-law...might explain behavior...

When the airbag deployed, it would have torn the cover and the spent airbag would be hanging down from the center of the steering wheel. Is the airbag missing or cut away now? If the center of the steering wheel looks normal, then the airbag was probably already replaced. Does the airbag warning light illuminate briefly when you turn the ignition key to the on position? If so, then the airbag system is probably functioning properly and does not need replacement. An airbag replacement will probably cost in the neighborhood of $1000 so think carefully.