Kind of a moot point, ain't it... I ahven't seen any of these screws back
out from a factory instalation standpoint... If they were going to back
out,
I'd expect that it would happen early in the cars life rather than 12
years
later...
Yes... air bags are a popular "theft" item.... So what? Join your local
COPS
program... if you look out your window and see something amiss - re****t
it...
Other than that, tighten the ****ing screws and be done with it...
<clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:36:34 -0700, Bruce L. Bergman
> <blnospambergman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:32:19 -0400, clare wrote:
>>>On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:29:30 GMT, Jeff wrote:
>>>>clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada wrote:
>>
>>>>> Has anybody ever had the driver's airbag come loose by itself? (1996
>>>>> Mystique)
>>>>> I suspect someone was trying to "pinch" it sometime when either the
>>>>> daughter or wife left the door unlocked for a short time and got
>>>>> scared away before they got it, because looking at the screws in the
>>>>> back of the steering wheel (with a mirror) there appeared to be
fresh
>>>>> scratches in the allen screw heads ( they are NOT real easy to get
>>>>> to!!)
>>>>
>>>>Take the car to a dealer and have it checked. You seem to be making
the
>>>>assumption that there is a working airbag in there. And you seem to
have
>>>>a loose air bag. Perhaps they got the airbag out, and just reassembled
>>>>the steering wheel.
>>>
>>>Nope. It is still there. P***** diags. (I'm an ex mechanic)
>>
>> Well, there are two things it can be: Either somebody interrupted
>>them before they got the airbag out, or they had enough time to steal
>>the good airbag and plug in a blown and dummied airbag with an End Of
>>Line Resistor to replace the squib, so the bag looks like it's still
>>there to the computer.
>>
>> (The crooks who salvage and resell wrecked cars came up with fake
>>airbags so they don't have to spend $2000 on a new set - they just
>>fill the bag space with some spray-can foam or Bondo and fold the flap
>>closed, replace the ripped Vinyl steering wheel cover pad, and
>>disconnect the warning light or computer power so the light never
>>comes on. It's happened enough that California made this a felony a
>>few years ago.)
>>
>> Either way, if you don't want to pay someone to pop the steering
>>wheel open and take a look to make sure it's the right one in there
>>and unblown, and you consider yourself qualified to do it, I'd still
>>insist that you track down a copy of the "Super Seekrit" Airbag
>>Servicing Procedure before trying to do it yourself.
>>
>> Things like handling Explosive Ordnance you REALLY don't want to do
>>yourself without the proper detailed instructions, and the special
>>tools and training where necessary. The f**k-up potential is way too
>>high, and can involve losing bodily parts permanently.
>>
>> --<< Bruce >>--
> Like I said Bruce, I'm an Ontario Licenced mechanic - and I have the
> full manual set for this car. The airbag unit has NOT been changed.
> Still the same cover and all.
>
> My question was whether anyone has ever experienced the screws
> loosening themselves? The steering wheel and/or air-bag has never been
> removed from this car. The column cover has been off, and the
> multifunction switch has been removed and repaired (I did it last
> month because the main brake lights were not coming on - only the
> center brake lights - signals still worked. Bad connection on the MF
> switch - and if you know Mystique/Contour/Mondeo cars, the MF switch
> clips to the side of the steering column - removing the wheel is not
> required.)
>
> I really can't see the screws backing themselves out - and the fact
> there were scratches on the screw-heads makes me think someone was
> trying to remove it and got interrupted.
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