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Old Jun 29, 2013 | 12:29 PM
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1990 firebird airbag question

does a 1990 firebird come with an airbag
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Old Jun 29, 2013 | 02:27 PM
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Re: 1990 firebird airbag question

Originally Posted by 91Zconvert
does a 1990 firebird come with an airbag
Mine did (Formula)
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Old Jul 1, 2013 | 07:40 AM
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Re: 1990 firebird airbag question

Yes, they got driver air bags in 90. Get rid of it if you can, but if you have to have it , all gm90-92 bags are the same, just different car names on the cover. Sensors, controllers, etc all the same.
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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 12:18 PM
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Re: 1990 firebird airbag question

Yes, starting with the 1990 model year, every passenger car (not truck/van) sold in the U.S. had to have either a driver's airbag, or automatic seatbelts. By 1994, every passenger car sold in the U.S. had to have dual airbags.

I removed mine and replaced it with an earlier style 3 spoke non-airbag steering wheel as mine was in poor condition, and I just prefer the look of pre-airbag steering wheels as opposed to early airbag steering wheels (where it looks like they had to design the steering wheel around the airbag).
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