Interpretation ID: aiam5028
FL 33584;
Dear Mr. Wos: This responds to your May 26, 1992 letter asking whethe it is 'legal to repair an automobile that has an airbag deployed and not put the air bag back in.' I am enclosing a copy of a January 19, 1990 letter to Ms. Linda L. Conrad, that explains whether a used car dealer has an obligation to replace a deployed air bag prior to selling the car. The same statutory and regulatory considerations that applied to that situation would apply to the replacement of a damaged air bag steering column (after the air bag has deployed) with a steering column without an air bag. I hope you find this information helpful. If you have any other questions, please contact Mary Versailles of my staff at this address or by phone at (202) 366-2992. Sincerely, Paul Jackson Rice Chief Counsel Enclosure;