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FAKE AIRBAG - Free Carfax Link and List of Potential Vehicles

Sep 19, 2012
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Reports continue to flow about the fake airbag situation, and I'm sure lawyers and risk managers will help clarify the exposure of dealerships, but here are a couple of quick links that may help you or your customers.
One is a free carfax page that reveals deployment reports: CARFAX® Vehicle History Reports™ - used car VIN check, auto history search, VIN number lookup
The other is a list of vehicles potentially affected: http://bit.ly/CarChat24-airbag
I hope these can help.
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Since real airbags are so expensive I wonder if some dude out there would replace the expensive one for a fake one ten sell the expansive one on eBay, etc and pocket the difference.

I think Airbags need to get regulated better than they are right now.
 

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A dealer shares resources to help identify vehicles with potentially counterfeit airbags, including a free Carfax tool for checking deployment history and a list of affected vehicles. A commenter raises concerns about the economics of airbag fraud, suggesting that thieves may be replacing genuine airbags with fakes to resell the expensive originals, and calls for better industry regulation.

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