I’m wondering if we can just have the bags taken out until a proper replacement is done - or would that be permitted?
I went through that with my last car, a Honda Civic in the mid-Nineties. This was when my kids were little, they fought all the time so we couldn’t put them together in the back seat when I was driving them to school. One had to sit in the front and one in the back.
So when I bought my Civic and was getting ready to drive them to school, my neighbor, a pediatric surgeon, came running out of his house and told me it was dangerous to put children in the front passenger seat because they could be hurt or killed if the airbag went off.
So I went to my mechanic and asked whether the airbags could be disconnected. He said first it was illegal to tamper with an airbag and it could cause all the safety systems to malfunction. He said second that no mechanic would do it, because if there was a subsequent injury (because of no airbag deployment) they would be sued as being responsible. So he said he couldn’t do it.
I kept on driving with my kids separated in the front and back seats. Fortunately they both grew up without incident. . . .
Well, I’m just hoping we get through to the recall repair.
We have a Honda Fit that we bought a few years ago. We were rear-ended last year, powerfully enough to cause $6,000 worth of damage to the back of our car (I’ve always felt sorry for the young lady who had to suck that up). But, the airbags didn’t deploy.
I was thinking that there would probably be issues with insurance, as well, if we just had them taken out; and I guess we’re just stuck.
Thanks for your response - we’ll call the dealer tomorrow, and hope we have good luck until they get us in for the repair ;-)
-JT