Top 5 SRS Mistakes That Kill Profit on Salvage Rebuilds

if you’re rebuilding auction cars, SRS mistakes are expensive.

Here are the biggest ones I see.

1. Replacing the airbag module without checking if it just needs reset

2. Automatically replacing every seat belt assembly

3. Ignoring the battery pyro fuse

4. Not checking state salvage inspection requirements

5. Buying the wrong used module part number

The module usually isn’t bad.

It’s locked with crash data.

Seat belts usually aren’t trash.

The pretensioner deployed.

Small misunderstandings = big money gone.

Rebuilders who understand SRS save a lot more per vehicle.

What mistake have you made (or almost made) on a rebuild?