The Problem

Every year, millions of vehicles involved in road accidents are repaired and returned to service. While modern repair procedures focus on restoring the vehicle's appearance and functionality, there is still no reliable, tamper-proof method to verify that critical passive safety components—such as airbags and seat belt pretensioners-have been replaced with genuine, fully functional parts.
This gap creates opportunities for counterfeit, stolen, recycled, previously deployed, or otherwise non-compliant safety components to enter the repair market. These components are often visually indistinguishable from original parts and can be installed without leaving any detectable trace in the vehicle's electronic systems. As a result, a vehicle may appear fully repaired while its most important occupant protection systems are no longer capable of performing as designed.
Existing verification methods have significant limitations. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) history reports provide information about the vehicle but cannot identify individual safety components. Electronic diagnostics can be manipulated or reset without replacing defective parts, while periodic technical inspections are generally unable to verify the authenticity, origin, or deployment history of components hidden inside the vehicle structure.
The consequences extend far beyond vehicle owners. Used car buyers, insurers, repair shops, technical inspection authorities, vehicle manufacturers, and law enforcement agencies all face the same challenge: there is currently no trusted way to authenticate the identity and lifecycle of individual passive safety components throughout a vehicle's lifetime.
As global regulations increasingly move toward digital product traceability and lifecycle transparency, the automotive industry requires a practical, scalable solution that enables secure component-level identification, prevents fraud, and helps ensure that life-saving safety systems will function when they are needed most.