72 12... Notes on scrapping vehicles with gas generators (airbag system): Notes

The gas generator is a pyrotechnical component and is for the most part permanently mounted on the following components:

• Airbag module
  • Driver's/passenger airbag
  • Side airbag
  • Head airbag
  • Knee airbag
• Automatic electric reel
• Belt end fitting tensioner
• Belt buckle tensioner
• Safety battery terminal
• Active head restraint

In accordance with accident prevention regulations and specific national regulations, gas generators must be rendered unusable before they are scrapped. This is necessary because pyrotechnical objects can cause injury if improperly activated (e.g. scrapping with flame cutters).

With vehicles which are scheduled for scrapping, it is always essential prior to draining and further stripping work to ensure that all the gas generators in the vehicle  are fired. The fired gas generators can then be scrapped together with the vehicle.

Gas generators that have not fired constitute a hazard (also to the environment)!