Originally Posted by Red Flash

Based on the lack of responses describing actual occurrences known about to the community, this type of event sounds very rare indeed. I had heard of the above 2 incidents and was simply trying to find out, how common this is or if it actually ever happens.

Greg, thanks for that bit of background experience. I know these systems are well engineered and do constant self-monitoring. So, the main thing seems to be then to not drive the car, if the airbag light goes on, and to just tend to it ASAP, if it does go on.

Doing a trade-off, it sounds like generally the controllers in the 90s fail less often (i.e. need replacement or fixing), but the detachable harness on the 91s lead to a system that is a bit easier to work on. So, it would be interesting to know, when the type 2 systems that Docmirror was talking about (thanks Doc!) became available, and this could correspond to some kind of change in the 91 model year.

So, if Rob happens to see in PET why both 90 and 91 now have the same number, I would also be curious to know the answer too. Maybe the old 90 controller just became NLA and the 91+ controller superceded it?