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Letter to the Editor
Thursday September 5
Quebec Bans Some Rebuilt, Recycled and Aftermarket Safety Parts
The province of Quebec has now passed legislation to ensure that a number of safety devices in the vehicle passenger compartment will remain as original equipment manufacturer only, and not be replaced in a repair with rebuilt or aftermarket versions of the same item.On June 14, the National Assembly received Assent for Bill 67 that states:
- No person may install in a road vehicle, for the purposes of such installations, sell, lease or place at the disposal of a person for valuable consideration, an air bag module, a seat belt with a pretension, or an air bag and seat belt electronic control module unless the equipment is new equipment originating from the manufacturer of the road vehicle and intended for such a vehicle.
- No person may repair a module after the air bag has deployed, or a seat belt with a pretension that has been activated or an airbag and seat belt electronic control module.
- No person may render inoperative an air bag module installed on a road vehicle.
- No person may install, sell, lease or place at the disposal of a person for valuable consideration, a device the purpose of which is to simulate the presence or proper functioning of air bags or seat belts with pretensions.
Every person who contravenes these requirements is guilty of an offense and is liable to a fine of $3000 to $9,000.
A Quebec manufacturer of rebuilt air bags created a safety concern within the province when it was found that its rebuilt air bags when tested did not perform to acceptable standards. It was determined that in many cases, the rebuilt air bag posed a danger to the vehicle occupants from flying debris due to faulty reconstruction.
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