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A2C2 Calls on eBay to Prohibit Sale of All Airbags

The A2C2 is urging eBay to halt the sale of all airbags and components on eBay.com, calling it the only effective way of preventing the sale of dangerous counterfeit airbags on the site.

Don’t Let Airbags Blow Up in Your Face

When servicing and replacing airbags in vehicles, customer safety is of the utmost importance. Now that there are multiple airbags in vehicles, the challenges for repairers have multiplied too.

IIHS Researchers Find Little Benefit from Knee Airbags

A recent IIHS study shows that one increasingly common type of airbag — the knee airbag — has a negligible effect on injury risk and, in fact, may even increase it in some cases.

U.S. Investigates 12 Million Vehicles Over Potentially Faulty Airbags

NHTSA has expanded an investigation into malfunctioning airbag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles, according to an article by Associated Press.

Automotive Industry Supplier Says Airbags Outside of Car Could Make Crashes Safer

ZF, an automotive industry supplier, recently told Wired magazine that it could have an “external side airbag” on production cars in two years, even though the idea right now is still a concept.

VIDEO: Counterfeit Airbags, Presented by Honda

In this video, presented by Honda, BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl discusses the growing use of counterfeit airbags, and the dangers of using counterfeit airbags and salvage airbags versus OE airbags.

Why Didn’t the Airbags Deploy?

What makes airbags deploy in a collision is many times much different than people think. There are many reasons for them not to deploy in a crash, but one reason they do is the Delta-v, or a sudden change in velocity.

New York Attorney General Reaches Agreement With Auto Shop Over Sale of Salvaged Airbags

Settlement resolves allegations that company failed to properly test salvaged airbags it sold.

AirbagSolutions Awards Subscriptions to Tech Schools

AirbagSolutions.com, an online provider of airbag service information, has awarded free database subscriptions to technical schools through the Collision Repair Education Foundation. All schools that applied for the Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grant were awarded subscriptions to be used at the discretion of the instructors. These subscriptions will help instructors and students alike understand the

NHTSA Declares Dangers of Counterfeit Airbags

Airbags look identical to certified, original equipment, but testing has shown malfunctioning ranging from non-deployment to expulsion of metal shrapnel.