10 year Air bag service..... is it really required ?

[Slartibartfast]

Just asking

 

[joey]

Not really... but that is JMHO... My 92 roadmaster has never seen the inside of a dealership since I bought it in 2000 and that was over 100k miles ago.

 

[markthecat]

Explosives in air bag can degrade causing airbags not to inflate upon collision. No check eliminates companies liability when airbag doesn't open. So if you don't plan on having a collision, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[joey]

Not to be a pain on this one, but air bags do no always deploy when the should... case in point a brand new 2004 RR rear ended a car are 40 mph... car was stopped. Crushed the bumper into the engine bay, and crushed both front fenders.

Airbag did not deploy... when I asked the repair guy (paint and body shop used by LR, MB, Jag, BMW. He told me that 75% of the time, the air bags do not deploy when they should...

Wear a seat belt and don't worry about it.

 

[markthecat]

I agree with Goofy, I mean Joey.