Auto Repair Consumers Find Airbags Missing with Greater Frequency

Auto repair shops are not always on the up and up. With greater frequency auto inspectors are finding cars once thought to be repaired correctly void of one or more airbags. Airbag fraud is a growing problem all across the country. The California Highway Alliance reports there are as many as one repaired car in twenty-five sporting non-functional airbags. Sometimes greedy auto repair shop managers or technicians steal the airbags from cars they are supposed to be repairing. But in a growing number of cases shops are not replacing airbags that detonated in an accident, even when they are paid to do so. While this is primarily the work of auto rebuilders in back-yard garages as opposed to mainstream auto body and mechanical shops, consumers are rarely knowledgeable that their vehicles are missing these life saving devices. Read this enlightening article and learn what you can do to prevent being a victim of airbag fraud. [read more]

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