Despite ZF Lifetec writing that “Innovative positioning of the driver airbag enables forward-looking design options for the steering wheel and its controls,” the sample wheel it prepared as a ...

Decorating one’s steering wheel with after-market emblems could take out an eye if the airbag deploys, federal regulators warned Monday, urging people to stop using them immediately. The ...

Take a look at the steering wheel in your car. No matter how cheap or expensive the model you drive is, chances are it is equipped with a driver airbag smackdown in the middle of the wheel.

Most passenger vehicles today have driver-side airbags that, in a serious impact, deploy from the middle of the steering wheel. The airbag inflates with near-explosive force toward the driver’s ...

Future steering wheels could adopt screens An airbag will still be present No automaker has committed to a putting a screen in a steering wheel, yet Screens are sprouting up everywhere in new cars ...

However, it also came back to bite Tesla eight months later because the service technicians may have installed the wrong airbag in the steering wheel after swapping it for a different model.

ZF’s Lifetec division claims a new innovation on positioning of the driver airbag on the steering wheel opens up options for design and new materials for the steering wheel – a vital HMI area ...

However, an airbag is designed with the assumption that you're both wearing your seatbelt, and are seated a reasonable distance from the steering wheel it deploys from. When an airbag deploys from ...

It can also save your airbag from theft, another quick and easy thing thieves can steal from your parked vehicle. For more information on the best steering wheel locks, refer to our table of contents.

Here's the latest in-car steering wheel screen tech from ZF, which—apparently—doesn't get in the way of the airbag. What did we expect? Screens have been working their way into more features ...