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Insurance Anti-Fraud Group Pushes for Passage of Pennsylvania Counterfeit Airbag Bill

September 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud wants Commonwealth to approve legislation making it a crime to knowingly install a non-functioning airbag, protect consumers from “Shady repair shops” that install phony airbags.

The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, the alliance of consumers, government, anti-fraud agencies and insurance companies, is call on the Pennsylvania Senate to approve House Bill 1476 (HB1476), the Counterfeit Airbag Prevention Act, that seeks to make it a crime to make, sell, install, or reinstall a counterfeit or non-functioning airbag in a motor vehicle. The bill also prohibits any installation that would cause the vehicle’s diagnostic system to register the

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