Be aware: recovered airbag does not exist
Many workshops offer airbag recovery service, but be aware that it is impossible to reuse the assembly after deflagration
Published on 2026-04-10 at 06:00 PM
Updated on 2026-04-10 at 06:30 PM
The car crashed, the airbag deployed, and then, is it possible to recover it? No! It is impossible to return the inflatable bag, the trigger, the modules, the sensors and even the gas that makes the bag inflate to its original position.
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But there are some workshops that put a sign in front: “we recover airbags”, which is a lie.
The most it can do is fool the owner of the car by putting back the steering wheel cover that has opened to allow the bag to inflate, or the dashboard that has also broken for this, without any airbags inside. And they also turn off, on the dashboard, the light that alerts the driver about this.
