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Find your wife a nice 1989 or older c900 from the classifieds... no pesky airbags to go off. No abs either - that's another nuisance. And yet somehow, those cars are still very safe... Simple cars are great!
In our 1993 900's manual, it says to get the airbags checked after 10 years. So when I took it to the dealer for a scheduled maintenance at some point shortly after the 10 year mark, I asked them to perform this check. They had no idea what I was talking about... so that really inspired confidence!! There is actually a test connection in the car iirc, but I've never done anything with that... I think Zig knows something about this... but anyway, reports seem to be that c900 airbags seem to still be operating fine in the field!
The point: some of this technology is great but too disposable. I really liked the folding B pillar from a design perspective, as so long as the car is intact (not rusting pathologically), it is going to operate as planned in a collision. Curtain airbags... who knows? Same deal for the pendulum based anti-whiplash design of the 9-5 seats... simple. can even operate over and over... other designs that relied on electronics etc... nonsense... and this is coming from a guy with an EE background... simple is best!
I do agree with EGD though that proper design, validation, and reliability testing protocols should have ferreted this out before the airbags were released to the market! Really no excuse for that.
Posts in this Thread:
- 9-3 & 9-5 airbag recall info now up, CombiBob, Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:33:41
2- 9-5 Air Bag - service Center, Name Left Blank, Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:42:31
- Disabling Takata Airbag..., Scott Paterson
, Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:51:59 - Re: 9-3 & 9-5 airbag recall info now up, fwd84, Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:53:58
- Honda's Takata knew of failed rupture test since 2000., Norm9-5, Mon, 15 Feb 2016 09:03:22
- 2011 9-3 VIN not recognized, Sarunas
, Mon, 15 Feb 2016 07:08:46 - 9-2X - no reported incidents..., Scott Paterson
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 22:32:37 - Have you received letters?, Scott Paterson
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:19:56- More about recall letters..., Scott Paterson
, Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:41:21 - It will be interesting when letters do arrive, MI-Roger
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 16:09:15 - You have a Japanese car, they mostly are all recalled.n, Norm9-5, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 15:42:10
- Not me, RonD
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:50:07
- The lone piece of good news, MI-Roger
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 04:31:11 - Our 2006 9-3SC is included, No Remedy Available!, MI-Roger
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 04:20:19- Re: Our 2006 9-3SC is included, No Remedy Available!, Tom G
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 05:20:10- Re: Our 2006 9-3SC is included, No Remedy Available!, Scott Paterson
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 09:16:49 - Re: Our 2006 9-3SC is included, No Remedy Available!, EGD
, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 07:13:03 - Honda blood shed continues...recalling 2016 models too!, Norm9-5, Sun, 14 Feb 2016 07:00:23
- Me Too - Both of My Saabs, EGD
, Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:34:52 - Re: 9-3 & 9-5 airbag recall info now up, RonD
, Sat, 13 Feb 2016 11:30:43
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