11-01-2014, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Zipper 104
Someone was telling me just the other day that the airbags blowing was the measure of making it a right off. Big $$$ to replace and must be recertified as 'safe'. No brainer when coupled with reasonably significant damage.
Don't know whether there's any truth to it.
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Originally Posted by scorp38
Yesir airbags are super expensive to replace its usually anywhere from 1k 5k a pop with installation and being done by somebody who knows what they're doing. You have to replace not only the bag itself but the entire airbag computer system and sensors. That's why it is so expensive.
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Like he said. It's all a closed system - not just replacing the blown bags and moving on. It's no GUARANTEE to have a write-off at that point. Lets say its a 30k car with 5k to replace bags and 5k to fix the car. 10k in damage is well short of the (likely) 15k+ in value the insurer would call for before they consider the vehicle ruined.
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