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"Trust" them? Trust them to deploy as Mercedes designed? Yes. Mercedes may not be able to make a wiring harness or head gasket, but airbags made by MB and BMW are flawless.
Do I trust them to save my life? Not for a second. Airbags are not substitutes for seatbelts as some people seem to believe. They only increase your survival a couple percent over seatbelts on their own.
I can't stand that they have been made madatory by law. Many makers have crappy designs that deploy at low thresholds. Most makers don't use occupancy sensors and have needless deployments into empty seats. That just costs extra bucks to you when you do have a collision.
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