Aftermarket bumpers

[george g]

Is there any issues with airbags and aftermarket bumpers?

 

[OC455]

Are you asking if an aftermarket bumper will cause an issue with whether or not the airbag will deploy differently? From what I understand the airbag being deployed in a collision is determined by speed and different factors like inertial forces by the PCM. When a sensor is acted on by a force that is greater than the threshold that it is set for, it could cause the airbag to deploy, along with other sensors in the system.

 

[Michael]

What bumpers are you looking at?


I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but man, do they ever come up with some great ideas

 

[Firetruck41]

There should not be any significant effect on airbags. Sensors are not in the bumper. If the threshold for deceleration is met, along with other factors, the airbags will deploy.