Lance, I posit that the airbags are salvageable in your rollover vehicle, and that the "legitimate recycler" that purchased that vehicle at auction would have sold those airbags if there was a market for them. They did not deploy because the specific parameters for deployment were not met in your collision. It was the computer and its software that prevented deployment, not any compromise in the bag itself. I would not be surprised if the system is designed to "NOT DEPLOY" when a vehicle has rolled, as predicting the location of the occupants becomes difficult in such circumstances. Deployment in such cases might cause more harm than good.

What a stupid presentation. She states 1/25 replacement airbags are stolen or salvaged. ( As if they are the same thing.) Later she tells you to check the origin, to be sure that it is from a "manufacturer, dealer, or recycler. Now why would a recycler have a "non salvaged" airbag? Would anyone know its "history"? Do you know the history of an airbag on any used car that you would buy? Does it matter as long as SRS warning system functions properly?

So let's assume the airbag that was "stolen", is installed in your car and the SRS self test completes successfully. ( lamp went on, then goes out.) What are the chances that it will not function as designed? About the same as the chance a loaded stolen gun, fired at your chest, will not function as designed.

The argument presented in the video prevents (by law) the installation of a perfectly serviceable used airbag from being installed in Canada. I am sure it will soon be used to prevent the reuse of airbags here in the US.