Stealing Airbags?!?

[jonnygo]

Hi all

I dont have off road parking where I live in north London and often find myself wandering to the window to check on my GTI.
I am constantly in fear of someone scratching my vehicle so was perplexed to hear of a chap opposite me who had his BMW 3 series broken into and the airbag nicked!!!!!!!!!!!  Is this a wind up?

He said that on the same evening 3 other vehicles had theirs nicked too!

Has anyone heard of airbags being stolen and more importantly, would theives target Golfs?

[richard157]

havent heard of this happening for years,was quite common when airbags first came out

[stu79]

Probably done to order, a cheap way of repairing accident damage where airbags have deployed and the car is deemed beyond economical repair (airbags are probably still quite costly).

Could get a disklok to cover the wheel but then there are airbags all over the place now. Was the beemer alarmed? I'm guessing not.....

[p3asa]

Its a common crime nowadays. I've heard of a few stories.
It used to be van windscreens a good few years ago but now seems to have moved on to airbags.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=why+are+airbags+stolen&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/242799

[jonnygo]

Thanks guys

The BMW was alarmed, as was the owner when he found his airbag missing!

Annoying and worrying.  Is there a way I can put an electric current through my GTI so that thieves and scumbags get a shock if they try and touch it?