I started to tear into the dash yesterday and the more and more I think about it the less and less I think I need the airbags. My old Jeep didn't have them and I totaled that Cherokee twice. My problem is legally, can I do this? Operationally removing them is no problem, but I still need to register and insure it. I've heard of people not having problems with inspections and aftermarket steering wheels, but the DPS website is very ambiguous about what is and isn't ok. Anyone in Texas or elsewhere have experience in this situation? Thanks! In case it makes a difference it's a 97.
Bear Necessities
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/adaptive/Inoper/Fre_ask_Ques.htm
You should read this, as far as I can see at the state level it may be legal, but federally it is illegal. And in the case of an accident if the insurance sees that the airbags have been removed they will not cover you.
You should read this, as far as I can see at the state level it may be legal, but federally it is illegal. And in the case of an accident if the insurance sees that the airbags have been removed they will not cover you.
I'd be surprised if they went off if you "bump something" softly enough that they weren't needed.
In other words, aren't the engineers who design these cognizant of what the Jeeps are subjected to and design them not to deploy in a "bump something while off-roading" situation?
Or is errant bag deployment in Jeeps something I'm unaware of? Does it happen to the point of being concerned?
In other words, aren't the engineers who design these cognizant of what the Jeeps are subjected to and design them not to deploy in a "bump something while off-roading" situation?
Or is errant bag deployment in Jeeps something I'm unaware of? Does it happen to the point of being concerned?
I never worry about it, I wouldn't remove them in a rig that sees any street use. Although I have seen the side curtain air bag deploy in a very heavily modified JKU after coming down hard on a rock just under the B-piller.
The air bags are triggered by a measured deceleration and not an impact. The sensor is on the transmission tunnel not the bumper
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