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    Legalities of replacing steering wheel?

    Wondering if anyone can definitively say what the laws are in replacing a steering wheel with an airbag with wheel without an airbag???


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    I think where you'll run into a problem, if injured in an accident and ins co realizes air bag was gone. I also suspect you'll run into a problem if trying to have certified.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZR View Post
    I think where you'll run into a problem, if injured in an accident and ins co realizes air bag was gone. I also suspect you'll run into a problem if trying to have certified.
    That is what i suspected doing research online it seems to be a grey area.


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    Some of these cars are over 25 years old now. I wonder what the liability of KEEPING an airbag equipped steering wheel is?
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    Not just the >25yr old cars...

    "Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been replaced. April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are 85 million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.Jul 14, 2017"


    Quote Originally Posted by RedSN View Post
    Some of these cars are over 25 years old now. I wonder what the liability of KEEPING an airbag equipped steering wheel is?
    Would you trust 25 y/o munitions in your rifle?

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    Valid point Don, have the same thoughts.

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    A little bit of googling seems to indicate that they don't expire. Problem is, only way to test them is to crash into something.

    I won't lie, I hate airbags, i think they are a terrible terrible idea.
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    its your car...& your life

    when did it belong to the government?

    did a 32 Ford roadster come with an air bag?

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    Driving is considered a privilege not a right, therefore the government dictates the standards.

    I don't believe there is any charge under the Highway Traffic Act for removing an airbag, I can look into it if you really need to know.

    I believe removal (deactivation) of the airbag is a fail on a mechanical, depending on how you interpret the standard. You could always place a call to the MTO to confirm it.

    Between the implementation of airbags and 2012, the NHTSA credits 42,856 frontal airbag saves.
    https://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/co...Fact-Sheet.pdf

    I did a quick search and the statistic I found was 12 defective airbag related deaths, Honda seems to be one of the worst vehicles.
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    Yes please on HTA angle if possible.

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