SINCE 2004--Professional Auto Diagnostic Factory

Airbags Introduced

  In 1971, the Ford car company built an experimental airbag fleet. General Motors tested airbags on the 1973 model Chevrolet automobile 

that were only sold for government use. The 1973, Oldsmobile Toronado was the first car with a passenger air bag intended for sale to the 

public. General Motors later offered an option to the general public of driver side airbags in full-sized Oldsmobile's and Buick's in 1975 and 

1976 respectively. Cadillacs were available with driver and passenger airbags options during those same years. Early airbags system had 

design issues resulting in fatalities caused solely by the airbags.

Airbags were offered once again as an option on the 1984 Ford Tempo automobile. By 1988, Chrysler became the first company 

to offer air bag restraint systems as standard equipment. In 1994, TRW began production of the first gas-inflated airbag. They are now 

mandatory in all cars since 1998.