$4k+ Airbag Fix?

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JrumMusic,

Chances are its a humidity related issue with your system somewhere. Corrosion of some connector causes it to disconnect under high humidity?

The auto restoration shop I work for part time replaces blown air bags with used ones occasionally. When doing so we also replace the airbag sensor for that particular air bag as well. We also send the cars to the appropriate dealership/shop to have the airbag system reset if our equipment can't do so or verify that everything is correct.

Note that these are cases, for instance, where the air bag deployed, but there was very little body damage, and no structural damage to the vehicle. The last one was the side curtain air bag on a 2006 BMW X5 that blew when the used car dealer dropped a rear wheel into a large pothole on his own dealership lot.

Its a viable solution if you are assured that the used airbag and sensors are in excellent working order. If you can't be assured that the parts are good ... don't go this route. You're life or the next owner's life may be at risk.