How do we know our airbags still work on 1998 or so?

[abscate]

Still better than hitting the windshield. I guess you can wear safety glasses while driving , worst case

[MrAl]

Still better than hitting the windshield. I guess you can wear safety glasses while driving , worst case

What is the seatbelt for ?

[MoVolvos]

Hello again,

Hey thanks for all the replies, very helpful.

My main concern is not that the bag will not open, I could put up with that because I drive safely and slowly (ha ha) and take back roads most of the time going 25mph.

My main concern is the material used to make the bag. Will it have cracks in it after 30 years. If there is a crack in the bag (or other leak) what happens to your face when it tries to blow itself up, using what I would guess is hot gasses from an explosion. Does the hot gas shoot right out at your face and eyes.

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Hope auto makers set aside some airbags for future testing. Otherwise, we are the test bed or death bed lab rats as in the case of Takata's. As for the hot gases, they escape through vents so unless there is shrapnel in the explosion nothing should cause the bag to separate. Most the gases are expelled through the vents. Pretty confident the science behind the longevity of air bag material is in the bag.
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[abscate]

Pretty confident the science behind the longevity air bag material is in the bag.

Well struck. You will go far here. You will not be loved *



*Derry girls

[lionblaze55]

Someone pulled an illegal left out of a gas station in front of my old 1998 S70 NA with 260k roughly on the dash. Was a rainy day and brakes with ABS wasn't enough to stop in time. Hit the corolla going about 20-30 mph? Really good impact that totaled both cars, and all the airbags went off fine. We both were okay.

[abscate]

I've recently seen a 1993 240, 1993 850 and 1994 850 with bags deployed properly, as well as a 2000 S70 with SIPSbags and the main airbags deployed. I trust them more than any Takata airbag!
My 1994 has a sticker in the door jam for 2004, 1998 for 2008, and 2004 for 2014 - but Volvo apparently extended that to "lifetime of the vehicle"
I don't think they meant for them to last 30+ years, though, judging by the interior plastics.

I love that you have a car named “ Apollo 13”