The Journal. · Friday, July 24, 2026
To protect themselves from dangerous counterfeit airbags, consumers are advised to check a vehicle's history for any reported airbag deployments. Resources like Carfax can provide information on airbag status associated with a vehicle identification number.
“The shortest answer is, if you're going to look for a car and it has some accident history reported with it, the first thing to know is did the airbags go off in that accident?”
“Carfax lets you check for airbag deployments in associated with your vehicle identification number.”
“So to basically amounts to, you got to know your vehicle's history.”