Hey guys,
I was involved in a wreck about nine months ago which only deployed the driver's seat side airbag (since it wasn't quite a front end collision). The car in question is a 2000 Ford Taurus, with the side airbag option (obviously). I got the damaged repaired, but had the shop leave the airbag situation alone... since they would have to replace the seat, brackets, seatbelt, sensors, etc. and it would have cost upwards of $1,000 extra.
Now my question, will the rest of the airbags still operate in a collision despite the one side airbag already deployed... or will the airbags fail to operate since the system is already "tripped."
Also, if I were to just pick up a used seat (with airbag) at a junkyard and swapped out the old one, would the airbag system reset and turn off the airbag light? Or would I have to replace the sensors and what not as well?
Thanks
I was involved in a wreck about nine months ago which only deployed the driver's seat side airbag (since it wasn't quite a front end collision). The car in question is a 2000 Ford Taurus, with the side airbag option (obviously). I got the damaged repaired, but had the shop leave the airbag situation alone... since they would have to replace the seat, brackets, seatbelt, sensors, etc. and it would have cost upwards of $1,000 extra.
Now my question, will the rest of the airbags still operate in a collision despite the one side airbag already deployed... or will the airbags fail to operate since the system is already "tripped."
Also, if I were to just pick up a used seat (with airbag) at a junkyard and swapped out the old one, would the airbag system reset and turn off the airbag light? Or would I have to replace the sensors and what not as well?
Thanks