My 1988 190e tag says that the airbag's life was until 1988. Should I have the airbad removed or deactivated? Is there a danger of this thing going off while I am driving?

On an unrelated question, I am about to order engine mounts, tranny mount & brake wear sensors to be put in on some saturday. Since I am working on the car, can you recomend some cheap easy to install parts that I might as well change out as long as I am working on it? The car has 173,000 miles, 60,000 miles since I bought it 3 years ago. Thanks in advance

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1996 E320
2000 C230 Kompressor
1988 190e 2.3 - 225K miles, owned for 7 years. I cannot say enough good things about this car. Very well built, even at 225 it ran like new.

oops, meant to say airbag life untill 1998

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1996 E320
2000 C230 Kompressor
1988 190e 2.3 - 225K miles, owned for 7 years. I cannot say enough good things about this car. Very well built, even at 225 it ran like new.

There was a post about this some time back. They were unsure of the life of the airbags at first, so they gave it 10 years, now they believe they will hold up for 15 years before a replacement/fix is required. I can't be sure though, but I think you are fine. Other members will surely help with this!

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1993 300E 3.2L Sedan w/ close to about 300k miles
2003 E500 Brilliant Silver (Had 217k miles when totalled!)
1989 300E with 289,000 miles (had for <1 yr while in HI)
03 CLK 500 cabrio (Mom's)
2006 C230k (Dad's)
1999 S420 (Mom's/Dad's)
2000 C230k Sport sedans
2001 CLK320 Cabrio (Mom's)
1995 C280 My First Mercedes-Benz... (155k miles. EXCEPTIONAL AUTOMOBILE. Was Very hard to let go of!)

I too have read that MB had put out a service bulletin about 10 being changed to 15.

MB extended the "KNOWN" useful life of SRS air bags to 15 years & that is for all US MB's from 1984. Yours will should be good for 2-3 more years!

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That is good news, thanks

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1996 E320
2000 C230 Kompressor
1988 190e 2.3 - 225K miles, owned for 7 years. I cannot say enough good things about this car. Very well built, even at 225 it ran like new.