ambene

hello all, I'm looking at purchasing an 08 civic lx manual coupe that has driver *seat* airbag deployment and the drivers side *curtain* airbag deployed. Everything else in tact (except seatbelt of course).

Checking out ebay, holy moley - the airbags are $300 (best I saw) for the driver curtain and $200 for the driver seat.

Any advice on this, is it easy to do? I have a good mechanic who lets me help on these repairs sometimes, I much prefer to do things myself when possible.

Has anyone paid to have this done (dealer or other) and would share their experience?

Thanks!

ezone

Insurance normally pays for the airbag work I do.

You should check prices on the bags through a real dealer first.
Think about the labor to replace them too.

The seat will probably need a new upper seat cover and frame. See the checklist.
You will need some pins for the A and C pillar trims, and replace whatever panels are damaged.


You will need to read fault codes. Any fault codes read should be observed and replaced/fixed.
You WILL need a SRS control unit.
Crash sensors as per inspection list.
(You cannot erase "deployment" codes, it must be replaced.)
The NEW SRS UNIT WILL NEED to be programmed by a dealer level scantool (for ODS/OPDS/SWS systems).
THEN codes can be read again, and you may discover it still needs something else. (I see this a lot, I don't trust codes from an SRS controller that has fired anything.)


Sending a checklist to your PM in a few...