Legoland951

Never seen a n/a non s or s2 car with airbags for any year. Never seen a turbo without dual airbags unless its an 86. Never seen single air bag. I have seen over 100 of these and owned more than 50 in the last 10 years.....just my 2 cents.

Mike Buck

Here is a full rundown for US models

944 NA - no airbags ever
944S - optional
Turbo 86-none 87+ standard dual
S2 - standard dual

mouse

According to 944s.com the 944 S was the first porsche to have dual airbags standard, but that could be wrong.

Mike Buck

[quote]Originally posted by mouse [CTY]:
<strong>According to 944s.com the 944 S was the first porsche to have dual airbags standard, but that could be wrong.</strong><hr></blockquote>

ummm, according to that site(just read some) the "S" was the first Porsche to have them optional . ..which is true. standard on turbo, optional on S

<a href="http://www.944s.com/specs.htm" target="_blank">http://www.944s.com/specs.htm</a>

mouse

Yeah I meant to say optional, but then submitted accidentally and forgot about it.

sybelix

[quote]Originally posted by Legoland951:
<strong>Never seen a n/a non s or s2 car with airbags for any year. Never seen a turbo without dual airbags unless its an 86. Never seen single air bag. I have seen over 100 of these and owned more than 50 in the last 10 years.....just my 2 cents.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Just guessing, but you are refering to US cars.
Cause we have plenty of those variations here in Europe, you mentioned..


In our club ( Porsche Club Finland ) we have an S2 with airbags, and Turbo '87 without airbags ..
Just to mention couple..

crazandy

My 89 NA doesn't have and hasn't had any airbags.

OZ951

So does anyone know of any 944's that did or did not deploy airbags correctly during a collision in the last few years. I'm kinda wondering if they are still likely to be functional after 15 years. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

sybelix

[quote]Originally posted by OZ951:
<strong>So does anyone know of any 944's that did or did not deploy airbags correctly during a collision in the last few years. I'm kinda wondering if they are still likely to be functional after 15 years. </strong><hr></blockquote>

good question.
I believe, that factory recommends, thar airbags should be cheacked and maintained periodically ( 8-to years, or something like that).
What that cheacking and maintaining means, no idea?!?!

Anyway, I guess, that the "airbag" warning light is there for a reason, so I take it, mine are ok?!