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My dad has a 2010 F-150 that he bought that was "totaled" because the accident caused all the air bags to deploy. I was wondering in the future when these cars become 10-15 years old, parts become obsolete what will happen when a repairable car has to be totaled because the interior of the car has to be replaced because of a million airbags going off.
My dad has a 2010 F-150 that he bought that was "totaled" because the accident caused all the air bags to deploy. I was wondering in the future when these cars become 10-15 years old, parts become obsolete what will happen when a repairable car has to be totaled because the interior of the car has to be replaced because of a million airbags going off.
Airbags going off generally means there is more damage beyond just the airbags. There was likely body work done to the vehicle.
"U.S. regulations require deployment in crashes at least equivalent in deceleration to a 23 km/h (14 mph) barrier collision, or similarly, striking a parked car of similar size across the full front of each vehicle at about twice the speed."
My dad has a 2010 F-150 that he bought that was "totaled" because the accident caused all the air bags to deploy. I was wondering in the future when these cars become 10-15 years old, parts become obsolete what will happen when a repairable car has to be totaled because the interior of the car has to be replaced because of a million airbags going off.
Even worse - if the airbag light stays on in some states - you can't get the car through inspection - and the light has to come on when you turn the ignition to the ON position to make sure it hasn't been disabled.
Maybe someone will start yanking the airbags out and come up with a way to make that pesky light turn on, then go back off.
The market will respond with cottage industry of cheap replacement bags, air bag "simulators" that turn off pesky SRS lights, new old stock, aftermarket replacements and more theft with some retrofitting.
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I think these late model cars will have many other problems too as time marches on. A car built today was designed several years ago. Just think what we used for computers several years ago, that level of technology is operating your car today. I think parts could get very expensive and hard to find. I see more people scraping cars in the future for this reason.
In the last Defensive Driving class I took, the instructor was questioning how well the air bag systems would hold up as a car ages. Would the original equipment air bags function properly on a 25+ year old car, and would the materials not be subject to decomposition over time?
This has already been tested. Cars have had airbags for over 25 years - even some 1970's models had them. It's not an issue according to the studies that have been done. If it were, the insurance companies would price it into their premiums.
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