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Thanks for all your comments..
Today I was driving on the interstate and heard noises I thought were coming from the blower motor ,A/C was running. My driver airbag deployed for NO REASON.. Wow what an experience, pretty freaky and the bag bruised up the inside of my left arm pretty bad. Yes , I pulled onto the shoulder of the interstate ,turned off the car and had to sit for a few mintues. Did notice the white power you were talking about.. Had bought a used bag from a 1992 300E about 6 months ago, was going to replace the orginial, never got around to it till now. Do you think this one will last a couple more years? I also noticed that my seat belts don't retract now..I was wearing it.. From this experience I will now check the bags in any car over 10 years.
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You should report the incident to the NHTSA.
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Thanks I just filed a complaint
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No, its 2006......
Wow, what an old thread. Quote:
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Oh my !!!!!!!
You are beginning to scare us....... When (if ever) was this stopped being used in these airbags? Quote:
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nice to see that someone recalled that post.
"air"bag has always been a euphemism[spin, if you will]. sodium azide was the orignal propellant. i think it remains the propellant. it is carcinogenic, teratogenic. in one part of my vocation, i function as a forensic metallurgist. sodium azide is a toxic chemical that is used to qualitatively determine the presence of sulfides. typically used to suggest the attack of hydrogen sulfide on oilfield equipment[packers, drill string, line pipe, etc]. one of the things i have noticed on my 126's is that the vinyl steering wheel cover of the sodium azide bag began to crack out. according to the benz zone rep a decade ago, he attributed this to sodium azide attacking the vinyl - and the only fix available was to replace the bag and the steering wheel. i shall rely on my seat belts. the best thing i ever did was remove the passenger side sodium azide bag on my '95 e320 cab and replace it with the glove box that was standard in europe. i like to think that i have the only 1995 e320 cab in north america with a real glove box. and the original center console. so it goes... |
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I recall an article in the early 60s (in Road and Track?), that discussed the issues of then-new airbags. The issues seemed to be that there would be a lot of potential for hearing damage and/or personal injury from the designs at that time, but the biggest concern was reliance on an 'active' system for safety rather than a 'passive' system like the seat belts of the time - no tensioners or roll up systems, just a fixed belt system. If I remember right, the author(s) felt that even if an active system were 99.995% reliable, there would still be a few hundred occasions every year of either bags failing to deploy when needed, or deploying when not wanted. The conclusion was that air bags should always be considered a secondary system, and seat belts the primary system. (After tires, brakes, car mechanical condition, driving skills and physical/mental condition of the driver, IMHO)
The article also discussed the seatbelts of the time, and maintained that weakening from UV solar radiation, air pollution, and mechanical abrasion from embedded dust particles meant that seat belts should be replaced at no more than 10 year intervals, and more frequently in harsh environments. My 87 seat belts also have explosive charge tensioners, and explosives can likewise degrade over time. So I replaced my driver side belt/tensioner several years ago, and was pretty amazed at how much softer and more flexible the new belt felt compared to the old one. The new belt/tensioner system was sold as a single unit for about $150, a fraction of the cost of a new air bag. Personally, before I would replace the air bag for $900, I would spend the money on a good performance driving class with a strong accident-avoidance emphasis.
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