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Originally Posted by Lefty
"or worse yet, forget and blow off every air bag in a 2002 volvo (seven i believe in that car). The poor technition totalled it."
Now that is one of the more expensive lessons I've ever heard about. And one I wouldn't hold the technician totally responsible for as it's not like such caps are original equipment and would probably not be addressed in OEM maintenance procedures  I guess having been a tech for 40 years I kind of side on his side. Hope the shops insurance covered this dramatic occurrence.
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Yeah the shop owner actually called me in to ask my opinion on if I thought he did anything wrong (since i had the bay immediatly next to his). I said yes and no. No its not addressed in the service literature but if you see a huge red power cable running to the battery (you know the ones, not the OEM red, but that translucent red) he really *should* have checked, that was my 100% honest opinion, if I had been him and seen what was there I would have checked, tho i guess hindsight is 20/20. That being said I was quick to point out the customer never said anything about the stereo when he was asked about "aftermarket equiptment" since the tech was doing a check of the airbag system the service writer always asks. At any rate he wasnt held responsable and the shop insurance covered the replacement cost of the car, the tech didnt last long tho if i remeber it had something to do with him writing in extra repairs to get free parts for his own cars, service writer picked up on it after a few times when he 'beat the book' by a rediculous amount on some repairs. Overall a decent tech, just got greedy.
You meet all types out there i guess.