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Airbag Fraud
Airbag Fraud is a hidden mortal danger few buyers think of when buying a used car.
We used to rely on airbags to protect our lives and the lives of our family.
Victims of airbag fraud report finding virtually anything in the airbag compartment, but not
a functional airbag: paper towels, beer cans, or stuffed back deployed airbags.
Needless to describe possible consequences.
How Airbag Fraud Works
Airbags are expensive, that’s the basis of all scams coming from
some unfair used car dealers and small repair shops that repair and sell salvage cars.
* Insurance scam. Unfair body shops replace the used airbag with all possible sorts of stuff,
then charge the insurance company for the replacement and pocket from about $2,000 to $4,000 at a time.
* Refund scam. The body shop orders a new airbag and bill the customer, but never installs it. The airbag is
sent back and refunded.
A dummy with and airbag cover is installed and electronic indicators are tuned
to display that the airbag is in order. The unaware customer drives away without the airbag.
Why nobody knows about that? Airbag replacement is a very precise and delicate procedure.
The airbag compartment is sealed and must not be accessed afterwards.
How to avoid buying Airbag Fraud?
Get vehicle history report from AutoCheck®
prior to buying a used car and even asking a technician to inspect it. A used car history may hide so many dirty secrets
that it isn’t even worth inspecting and the time spent…
Your and your family’s safety is a good reason to determine if the car has been previously involved in an accident or not.
The accident record in a used cars’s histiry is a warning sign, and “airbag deployment” record is an alarm signal.
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If the report reveals an accident in the car’s history, always have it inspected by a trusted expert prior to purchasing it to make sure that the air bag is in proper condition, even if it wasn’t deployed previously.
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Check the airbag indicator. When you switch on the ignition, light should appear instantly and then go out. Remaining on flashing light indicates that an airbag system malfunction. If the light never turns on, the airbag may be missing.
Airbag Stats
According to the report of NHTSA on fatal crashes (Jan, 2008), in 255 of 1,446 accidents airbags had not been replaced after a previous crash. And in about a half of all fatal crashes with non-deployed airbags involve airbags were faulty or simply missing. Experts warn that about 4% of accident cars later have nonfunctional airbags. Would you knowingly drive a used car without airbags? It is unlikely you would…That gave officials a good reason to believe that some accidents involved air bag fraud.
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04.05.10
On April 5, 2010 the price of AutoCheck® SINGLE report was increased by $5 to $29.99.
On April 5, 2010 the price of AutoCheck® SINGLE report was increased by $5 to $29.99.
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A few dollars spent on vehicle history report from AutoCheck® prevent losing thousands!
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