# Air Bags

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 14, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692 "2013-04-14T23:28:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Horatio37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Horatio37](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Horatio37)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692/1 "2013-04-14T23:28:23Z")

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Is there anyway airbags can be checked without deploying them…to make sure they will deploy in a crash?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692/2 "2013-04-14T23:43:37Z")

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They’ve proven to be very reliable. I don’t know about testing them. Why do you ask?

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692/3 "2013-04-14T23:48:02Z")

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**_Make, Model, Model-Year ?  
CSA_**

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**Author:** ![oldbodyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@oldbodyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldbodyman)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692/4 "2013-04-15T00:28:24Z")

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The cars computer checks the air bag when you start the car. Its only way I know to check a airbag. Its not something you should do if you dont know what you are doing. You can get hurt or killed. Airbags should be left to the pros.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692/5 "2013-04-15T01:29:20Z")

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Yeah the computer checks every time you start up but I thought I read somewhere that they should be replaced after a period of time like ten years. Maybe that was an old recommendation and who would go to that expense on a ten year old car anyway?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bags/78692/6 "2013-04-15T07:00:24Z")

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Years ago that was a concern, no longer. They’re life of the car items unless a warning light goes off (or a crash, obviously).