Someone Illegally Tampered with my Auction Escalade’s Safety Systems

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2. 15:22 Agreed. They aren't hacks– they're absolute shitheels.

3. could be the car auction house that did it…

4. I dont think I'd trust the veich anyway.
   If they were willing to tamper with the deatbelts and airbag, it leaved me with the question of what else they tampered with.

5. Those seat belts would have failed yearly inspection. They usually do pull test and if not locking then would cause direct fail and you can only drive to repair shop.
   Also error code reading would also fail the test if there are errors related to safety features.
   Some hate our inspections but at least is should keep dangerous cars out of traffic.

6. To get a discount

7. Junk 😊

8. Loved the seatbelt topic. Also would like to see the person who jury rigged the safety system spend some time in jail.

9. That resistor hack is basically attempted murder. Air Bags and it seems the seat belts one time use locks are regulated Destructive Devices, that's legally the same as a pipe bomb or a claymore. Whoever did these shortcut hacks should be reported to the ATF this is a serious felony.

10. I hope you checked out the back seat belt systems.

11. Virginia law prohibits installing other objects in place of airbags, and also prohibits the sale or manufacture of counterfeit or nonfunctional airbags.

12. Douche Canoes.

13. When repair becomes sabotage…

14. 17:42. You bought an OE part at the dealer— “ Original Equipment” part. OEM is a part made by a parts manufacturer that supplies OE parts to a car maker. Ex.. A lot of BMW oil filter inserts are made by Mahle. When you buy an oil filter at the BMW, it’s considered OE because it’s labeled as BMW part, but made by Mahle… and If you buy a Mahlt filter online or from some parts distributor, for the same car, it may look exactly like the BMW part but it isn’t OE.. it’s OEM at that point (a Mahle packaged part). Sometimes the QC requirements may differ.. or maybe a slightly different material used than what is made for the car company.

15. I suspect the owner hit something or someone realized later, it was much more to fix. Took it to shady shop. The resister trick probably worked. Did a quick trade the buyer didn't see flags and no wreck reported. After some test drives more systems fail. Then the dealer goes hey we can fix at cost. They dig in hence loose trim… sent to auction rather then gamble.

16. DING DONG

17. call pine hollow

18. Wait! Wait! "Illegal" tampering?? What? Is there a different kind?🤣🤣

19. Would suggest tracking the people down so could be banned from selling at Copatt

20. the level of ingenuity and engineering to design and build solutions for all these needs like seatbelts is just amazing.

21. SAM do you have a business that assist people buying used cars to be able to have your advice when purchasing an used car for regular people?

22. What is even scarier, one of the jobs of the pretensioners is to sit you back in the seat so you can take a clean hit from the air bag. If someone is out of position when the airbag goes off, it could injury in stead of protect.

23. Loving your videos Sam! Loved the detail that both you and Myairbags went into!

24. So, do you know who in the chain of this auction sale is responsible for doing this stuff? Obviously someone is paid to do criminality.

25. Not my problem 😂 idc

26. ps hows rich rebuilds the tesla man

27. Buy running and driving cars only!

28. They do that on purpose so that they can have it cuz nobody else will have interest in it

29. Attempted murder. Report it.

30. Worked on a tesla a guy bought from enterprise rentals. The seats airbags were replaced but never was bolted down and the bag sewn into the cover was just tucked in . It's supposed to have the airbags inside to direct the blow forward .
    Beware rental companies DO NOT REPORT accidents and fix in house.
    I bet that escalade was tampered with so nobody would buy it and get it dirt cheap.

31. absolute scumbag former owners. glad you got this and fixed it instead of somebody who may be traveling with their kids and family in this. imagine thinking you got a good deal and you're literally riding around in a deathtrap. 🙁

32. Escalades are always money pits. When you paid the cheap auction price, should have been the first red flag. Probably the prior owner who wired it this way since they didn’t want to dump thousands into it to fix it. Buy a better SUV.

33. "safety system" 😂😂😂 delete that crap "parking sensors" 😂😂 lame 😂😂

34. youre the best brother… Fixing car like this is really give inner satisfaction.. aand also car run just like new…

35. Learned a long time ago, these vehicles sold at "auctions" are garbage. The reason they're at the auction is because they can't sell them anywhere else. Most have tampered with, jerry-rigged, repo'd, damaged in a storm/flood, and occasionally have a salvage title. Yep, the auction is just another way to recycle junk.

36. I would argue that doing that is very close to attempted murder since those seatbelts would not have done anything in an accident, turning a minor accident into a potential fatality. Not content with stopping the pretensioning but they made them completely useless.

37. Great job Sam, you explained this perfectly thank you.

38. Randy, you are better looking than her.

    !

39. Tampering with a car at auction should be a crime. It steals from the seller, the auction and frightens away other bidders.

40. This is repeated

41. That is soo dangerous, thanks for sharing

42. I hope this was reported to the auction, and subsequently the police. These scum are putting people's lives at risk.

43. Did you report the car to the authorities? If whoever did this is that good at it maybe they've done it before and there are people driving around in totally unsafe cars!

44. Great job! can't wait for the next video. 👍🏾

45. It's mad to think there's a person out there who removed all these safety features out of laziness

46. The seat belt guys were really interesting! You think they didn’t fix all those safety systems because of the back order? Probably not but possible.

47. Good learning video.

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