airbags

Hi, On the above car which I have been looking at, how can one tell which airbags are fitted? As I understand it both front and rear side bags are options as are curtain airbags full length. Like the VW range, if an airbag is fitted does it have a useful 'airbag' bage on the location (look...

Hi, Hope this posted correctly, my first thread. A friend of mine works for one of those Accident Claims type companies and he told me about a fatal accident he got called out to involving a 2001 C180 Auto. The car was involved in a multiple vehicle impact (2 hits from the front, the first...

:eek: :eek: :eek: nearside airbags went off for no reason on Sunday. No fault found by Dealership. £3500 bill for rebuild but no reason for deployment so it is now with Mercedes Customer Care. Do I trust the car when I get it back :confused:

I can see the point in a driver's airbag ... you've got a dirty great steering wheel just in front of you. But assuming your passenger is wearing a seatbelt with pretensioners etc., they're not going to get anywhere near the dashboard (or anything else solid) in a frontal impact. I did a...

Sorry, not really sure where this thread belongs. Is there a way to disable the rear airbags in a W209? I ask as we've already got a child seat and really don't need another, so I'm loathe to pay another £300 to MB just because their seat has a transponder in it. That, or are the...

Hi All, Can anyone tell me if the early current shape C-Class estate had curtain airbags fitted to protect against Range Rover T bone intrusion etc? My Wife wants me to replace the Volvo and she likes the C Class but I want to be sure it will protect her and our daughter in side impact. We are...

What experience is there from real accidents about people wearing (sun)glasses when their airbags go off? What do the manufacturers suggest? Are there safer designs of glasses that take this into consideration. I need to buy some new sunnies and the 5 year test thread got me thinking...

Now that we have sold the CE220, we are thinking about an ML...she wants 320, I'm after a 500, but that's another argument... Why ? Because my C250 is the commuter wagon (Herts - London), and she needs something BIG for the next little one (in 5 months, but will take that long to get used...

Hi, we own a '97 P plate S280 which has a pass SRS/Airbag. Our problem is we will soon need to carry a rear facing child seat for a third child and we would have preferred to put this in the front. From earlier brochures I own it appears that from launch until some date the pass SRS was...

Hi, we own a '97 P plate S280 which has a pass SRS/Airbag. Our problem is we will soon need to carry a rear facing child seat for a third child and we would have preferred to put this in the front. From earlier brochures I own it appears that from launch until some date this was optional...

Hi All, I've noticed on my 92 190e that there is a sticker on the B pillar recommending that the driver's airbag should be replaced after 10 years, which of course was last year! Speaking with MB, they tell me that it is because at the time, they did not know how long airbags would last -...