Editing Airbag (section)

== Maintenance ==
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Inadvertent airbag deployment while the vehicle is being serviced can result in severe injury, and an improperly installed or defective airbag unit may not operate or perform as intended. Those servicing a vehicle, as well as first responders, must exercise extreme awareness, as many airbag control systems may remain powered for roughly 30 minutes after disconnecting the vehicle's battery.{{r|MCFRS|p=3}} Some countries impose restrictions on the sale, transport, handling, and service of airbags and system components. In [[Germany]], airbags are regulated as harmful explosives; only [[Auto mechanic|mechanics]] with special training are allowed to service airbag systems.

Some automakers (such as [[Mercedes-Benz]]) call for the replacement of undeployed airbags after a certain time to ensure their reliability in a collision. One example is the 1992 S500, which has an expiry date sticker attached to the door pillar. Some [[Škoda Auto|Škoda]] vehicles indicate an expiry date of 14 years from the date of manufacture. In this case, replacement would be uneconomic as the car would have negligible value at 14 years old, far less than the cost of fitting new airbags. [[Volvo]] has stated that "airbags do not require replacement during the lifetime of the vehicle," though this cannot be taken as a guarantee on the device.<ref name=BohrAAA>{{citation|last=Bohr |first=Peter |date=July–August 2010 |title=Air Time |periodical=AAA World |volume=12 |issue=4 |page=24 }}</ref>