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Just came across a web site that belongs to a company that will repair/reset airbags and as some MGF's are at their 15 year replacement point the link below may be odf use.

http://crash-data.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.cart&Itemid=209

They appear to charge a one off fee of £30 and the MGF is in the list of manufacturers

Mike

That is a very interesting find

nice job

Hopefully we'll never find out. 30 quid seems reasonable for peace of mind.

I'm sure I read somewhere that they should be replaced every 10 years...I really don't know whether it was to do with angles and speed of actual impact etc, but I do know that my airbag on George (aged 13 & 3/4), DIDN'T go off when he went headfirst into the central reservation of the M6, whilst the airbag on Phil's car Dora (age 7), DID go off when he rounded a bend and unexpectedly met a very large 4x4 Mitsubishi on his side of the road.
To those who don't know us, both cars suffered severe front end damage and were fatally wounded...fortunately, both of us were well protected and walked away unharmed

Thanks for the information everyone, this is something I had never even thought about until reading this thread

Maggy ~ very glad to hear you and Phil were able to walk away from your unfortunate collisions.

here's the threads that were put up over the other side Paul .......

. dora

George

Me and me Julie just read those horror stories in shock and awe (even though we knew there was a happy ending). At the end of the day they're just cars. We're glad you're both still here to tell the tales.

I had heard tell of these two vehicles but had not known the story behind them

Dora


George


As a lighter aside, on my first Border Patrol run, my son, Saul, overheard Maggy talking about 'killing George' I watched rather amused as he slowly stepped back from Maggy with a look of fear in his eyes.

I did tell him that George was actually just a car.............. ...... ....... ...... ..... ...... ...... ... .... eventually

Hi,
has anyone already sent an inquiry to that company about their offer ?
The mentioned p/n YWC 105230 relates to the Airbag ECU, not to any airbag.
See pics at http://www.mgfcar.de/srs_system/index.html

A reset and repair of the ECU may be possible and is on offer by several other companies since years. But I daubt they will be able to renew the 15 years exchange sequence for the airbags themself.

well after the tragic stories on the previous threads I am only glad that you escaped unscathed.

Dieter-I will investigate further and report back

The owners manual states 15 year replacement cycle and so the does the workshop sheets, I know of no further updates on this
regrds
Mike

Thanks. Looking forward to your investigations.
And please ask aswell for the shipper to be used

Didn't see any who would do it.
http://www.worldwide-parcelservices.co.uk/help/restricted-items
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/hazardous/common_items.html