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w0cky
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Oct 28, 2013, 7:23 AM
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Greetings all -- this isn't an auto body question per se, but this seemed like the closest related subforum. Had a fender bender a while back in which the airbags were deployed. The car is a 2006 Suzuki Reno with about 50k miles. I have since had the front bumper replaced by a body shop and the car looks good and drives normally again. I can't afford to replace the dash and airbags at the moment (estimated at around $2500), but I do at least need working seat belts. Evidently when the airbags are deployed, the seat belts are also seized. Is this permanent? I would love to know if there's a way to un-seize them or if anyone has any other suggestions or advice on the seat belt front.. If this would be better posted in a different subforum let me know, thanks!
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Oct 28, 2013, 7:51 AM
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The control module for the restraint system is a one time use module. Once the bags are deployed, it no longer works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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w0cky
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Oct 28, 2013, 7:56 AM
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Thanks for the quick response! I gathered that it has "gone off" but I don't need any kind of working control unit, I just need mechanically retractable seat belts in the vehicle that work.
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w0cky
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Oct 28, 2013, 8:07 AM
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I've looked at some aftermarket "universal" seatbelts that I'm trying to determine the viability of, fit-wise, which I'm guessing might be my only option.. but it would be great if I could use the existing mechanism and belts somehow.
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Oct 28, 2013, 8:25 AM
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The seat belts are tied to the module for "quick take up" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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w0cky
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Oct 28, 2013, 9:31 AM
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Ah, I see. That doesn't sound so bad. I guess my concern is, will a new one still work even though the airbags have been deployed? I'd hate to buy a new one and have it immediately fire again.
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Oct 28, 2013, 9:32 AM
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Doesn't it need a module also? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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Oct 28, 2013, 9:40 AM
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Yes it does. Just wondering, but why hasn't insurance picked up on this? Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
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w0cky
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Oct 28, 2013, 9:56 AM
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The owner of the car had liability insurance only (unbelievable, I know), and there was no damage to anything else so we didn't figure there was much of anything to report.. Do you think the insurance co would do anything to help? I just assumed not based on the minimal policy. I just drove home with the air bags flopping around and we took it in to get the front end bits replaced a couple months later.
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w0cky
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Oct 28, 2013, 10:13 AM
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So basically I'd need a new restraint system module, and new pretensioners, and hopefully the restraint system module is going to be ok with the fact that the airbags have been deployed already. I wonder, then, how much of this is accounted for in the $2500 quote I was given. I really can't swing anything close to that amount anytime soon but would like to at least be street legal.
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Oct 28, 2013, 12:21 PM
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I would be that about $1000 of it was for the bag itself so the rest must be the other items. The moduler cannot be used and has to be programmed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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