Air Bag life???
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Air Bag life???
Do airbags have a life expectancy? Do you need to replace them after 5 years, or 25, or 50 or..... Have never seen anything about it but would assume that they would have a shelf life of some sort.
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Re: Air Bag life??? (Tom73)
I seem to recall once seeing on the news that the life of them was 10 years. Of course, that is when they first came out and the new one might be different. Something about the chemicals that 'blow up' might not be effective after that.
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Re: Air Bag life??? (Tom73)
Some followup here.
I also posted this question over on the NCRS board to see what response they would have.
Generaly it was thought that the airbag in the car should outlast the replacement supply maintained by GM :) So when it does come time to replace, there won't be any to replace it with.
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I also posted this question over on the NCRS board to see what response they would have.
Generaly it was thought that the airbag in the car should outlast the replacement supply maintained by GM :) So when it does come time to replace, there won't be any to replace it with.
tom...
