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What year did mandatory passenger srs airbag start?

Hi i am rebuilding a car and originally came with dual airbags. But the new dash i got is meant for this car but only have single airbag, no passenger side. I will be going to CHP for a vin verification, will i need to change out my dash again?

if someone have a link to where it shows what year dual is mandatory it will help me greatly. maybe i can print something out to show the vin officer. If i remember correctly, dual wasnt mandatory until 98 and my car is a 96.


    

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Try this site and just ask so that you can get the correct answers to your questions........

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/contacts/contacts.htm

On 11 July 1984, the U.S. government amended Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 to require cars produced after 1 April 1989 to be equipped with a passive restraint for the driver. An airbag or an automatic seat belt would meet the requirements of the standard. Airbag introduction was stimulated by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.[8] Airbags were not mandatory on light trucks until 1995.[citation needed]

In 1998, FMVSS 208 was amended to "require dual front airbags", and de-powered, or second-generation airbags were also mandated. This was due to the injuries caused by first-generation airbags, though FMVSS 208 continues to require that bags be engineered and calibrated to be able to "save" the life of an unbelted 50th-percentile size and weight "male" crash test dummy.

http://www.dot.gov/new/index.htm

That requires automakers to install them (or other passive restraint) on new vehicles. Nothing to do with the legalities of removing them.

You can legally operate your car on the streets without airbags.





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