Posted on Sunday, 12th October 2008 by Maritzia
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If you buy a used car, not only may the dealer not tell you about a previous accident, they may not have replaced the airbags! In a report on Airbag Fraud, NPR revealed that some repair companies and used car dealerships have replaced used airbags with paper, beer cans, or packing peanuts. Some just rolled up the old airbag and stuffed it back in.
A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Report released in January revealed that out of 1446 fatal traffic accidents they investigated, in 255 cases, the airbags had not been replaced after a previous accident.
See NPR’s story How To Recoqnize and Avoid Air Bag Fraud for tips to avoid the same.
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October 12th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Wow. Now that is some scary stuff. Can you imagine getting in a serious accident and being critically injured because some dealer wanted to cut his cost? Thanks for the heads up. Unbelievable…and sad.
October 12th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I know. The NPR article cited a couple of accidents where people died due to the airbags missing. I was appalled at what some people will do for money.