{"id":2752,"date":"2014-07-10T15:20:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T22:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2014-07-10T15:20:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T22:20:43","slug":"counterfeit-airbags-dangerous-knockoffs-put-you-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/counterfeit-airbags-dangerous-knockoffs-put-you-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Counterfeit Airbags \u2013 Dangerous Knockoffs Put You at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"
The addition of new safety features in our vehicles is making us safer and helping lower our car insurance<\/a> premiums.\u00a0 From impact-absorbing crash zones and blind spot alert sensors to airbags, we can all rest easier knowing that life-saving technology is protecting us, right? That\u2019s not always the case, according to a recent problem uncovered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<\/a> (NHTSA).<\/p>\n The reason for concern involves the sale of counterfeit air bags, manufactured in mainland China, for use as replacement parts in vehicles that have been involved in a crash. Although these air bags appear identical to genuine, original equipment parts, NHTSA testing revealed consistent malfunctioning, ranging from non-deployment of the air bag to the ejection of metal shrapnel when the air bags did deploy.<\/p>\n