Topic: Airbag location update Objective: Improve rescue team understanding of the location and function of the Toyota Sienna front-passenger seat-cushion airbag Task: Explain how the presence of an ...

Q. I recently purchased a five-year-old Lexus RX SUV. It is a great vehicle, and I want to keep it for a long time. The driver’s-side seat has some wear, and I want to preserve it. I was thinking seat ...

No, the passenger-side airbag is supposed to be disabled when the seat is unoccupied or holding a briefcase or something similar. In fact, the airbag may not deploy even if a small adult is sitting in ...

It all started when GM first experimented with airbags in the 1970s. By the early 1990s a driver's side airbag was mandated by the federal government. Before the decade was over a front passenger ...

Hello Paul, I recently installed fancy seat covers, but now my airbag light keeps flashing. Could the seat covers interfere with the side airbags or seat sensors? How can I choose covers that protect ...

GM has filed a patent for a seat-mounted airbag restraint system designed for seats that can swivel or recline. The application was assigned patent number US 12,139,091 B1 with the United States ...

Ralph Hanson March 11, 2009 Comment Now! No stone is being left unturned in carmakers' hunt for more and better safety technology, and Toyota is often at or near the forefront of that search. Today ...

Side impact airbags were the next innovation in airbag technology, first introduced in 1994 by the safety conscious Swedes at Volvo. The then-burgeoning Korean automaker Kia was the first company to ...

Hyundai is pulling back a huge batch of its flagship family SUV after regulators flagged […] ...

Honda is recalling 303,904 Accords in the US because the software calibration can make their side airbags deploy too easily. The company has 19 allegations of injuries from the issue. The fix will be ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Volkswagen is recalling 143,000 of its big Atlas SUVs in the US because a faulty sensor on the front passenger side can switch the airbag system off under certain conditions. Until ...