Air bags

zerocool · Nov 29th, 2013, 18:28

So the other day i had a small fender bender w/mailbox (long story) anyway it blew the 2 front air bags in my 01 s60 T5. driver wheel and the one above the golove box. My insurance is very high as it is due to many motorcycle wrecks. So i know a guy who runs a high end shop and he owes me a bazillion favors. So i took it to him , well i just got back from checking on his progress and the drivers wheel has been fixed , however above the glovebox has not. So i say whats the hold up? he said he has to replace the dash to repair that airbag. Now im thinking to myself huh? So is this true? if your passenger airbag is deployed you have to replace your dash? Or does he simply not have the tools to complete this task? any info would be great. oh and this mailbox i speak of was made of brick to match the house. talk about stupid , it was in my blind spot. but damn when those air bags go off , it will def wake you up. i almost p***ed myself.

weedeno belfast · Nov 29th, 2013, 18:50

yes you have to replace dash as it rips a whole through it to deploy it so anser yes ya do have to replace the dash and is not riping you off

tt82 · Nov 29th, 2013, 18:54

An airbag going off is just a controlled explosion! The dash is weakend in certain areas so the bag can break it and deploy. The same with the seat side for SIPS bags and with some makes you can actually see like a perferated line where it will break.

zerocool · Nov 29th, 2013, 19:12

Sh*t

thank you for the replies

tt82 · Nov 29th, 2013, 19:22

I don't know how insurance works in the good Ol' US of A, but here there is a bit of a grey area between bike an car. I did my bike licence before doing my car licence. When I was getting my first car I couldn't use road experience or no claims from my bike, so similalrly I didn't declare any bike claims on my car insurance. My view was that they either accepted everything from my bike days or took nothing, and it was the latter. No doubt there will be a cavalcade of people here to denounce what I did, and say I was wrong and it was illegal, and it caused global warming, but there was never any comeback from it.

zerocool · Nov 29th, 2013, 21:36

I have my motorcycle , home , auto , motorcycle and life with the same company. it always goes up. they also concidered the T5 to be a sports car. It would be a pain to switch and they would know all the previous wrecks n stuff anyway.

Nov 29th, 2013, 18:28	#1
zerocool Member Last Online: Dec 11th, 2013 09:35 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Greeneville	Air bags So the other day i had a small fender bender w/mailbox (long story) anyway it blew the 2 front air bags in my 01 s60 T5. driver wheel and the one above the golove box. My insurance is very high as it is due to many motorcycle wrecks. So i know a guy who runs a high end shop and he owes me a bazillion favors. So i took it to him , well i just got back from checking on his progress and the drivers wheel has been fixed , however above the glovebox has not. So i say whats the hold up? he said he has to replace the dash to repair that airbag. Now im thinking to myself huh? So is this true? if your passenger airbag is deployed you have to replace your dash? Or does he simply not have the tools to complete this task? any info would be great. oh and this mailbox i speak of was made of brick to match the house. talk about stupid , it was in my blind spot. but damn when those air bags go off , it will def wake you up. i almost p***ed myself.

Nov 29th, 2013, 18:50	#2
weedeno belfast weedeno 2003 v70 d5 se Last Online: Dec 2nd, 2016 19:57 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: belfast	hes not takeing arm outa ya yes you have to replace dash as it rips a whole through it to deploy it so anser yes ya do have to replace the dash and is not riping you off

Nov 29th, 2013, 18:54	#3
tt82 Forum Support Team Last Online: Nov 28th, 2022 17:33 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Here.... obviously!	An airbag going off is just a controlled explosion! The dash is weakend in certain areas so the bag can break it and deploy. The same with the seat side for SIPS bags and with some makes you can actually see like a perferated line where it will break. __________________ The more people I meet, the more I like my dog! 2009 V70 D5 R-Design - Jeade'en

Nov 29th, 2013, 19:22	#5
tt82 Forum Support Team Last Online: Nov 28th, 2022 17:33 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Here.... obviously!	I don't know how insurance works in the good Ol' US of A, but here there is a bit of a grey area between bike an car. I did my bike licence before doing my car licence. When I was getting my first car I couldn't use road experience or no claims from my bike, so similalrly I didn't declare any bike claims on my car insurance. My view was that they either accepted everything from my bike days or took nothing, and it was the latter. No doubt there will be a cavalcade of people here to denounce what I did, and say I was wrong and it was illegal, and it caused global warming, but there was never any comeback from it. __________________ The more people I meet, the more I like my dog! 2009 V70 D5 R-Design - Jeade'en

Nov 29th, 2013, 19:12	#4
zerocool Member Last Online: Dec 11th, 2013 09:35 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Greeneville	Sh*t thank you for the replies

Nov 29th, 2013, 21:36	#6
zerocool Member Last Online: Dec 11th, 2013 09:35 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Greeneville	I have my motorcycle , home , auto , motorcycle and life with the same company. it always goes up. they also concidered the T5 to be a sports car. It would be a pain to switch and they would know all the previous wrecks n stuff anyway.

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