Don't Put a Seat Cover on That New Honda Accord

Cars.com’s new question and answer site/wiki, Ask.cars.com, has brought in hundreds of questions since it launched last week, and a few have been enlightening even for us. As we researched one such question about side airbags and their compatibility with seat covers, we learned that the two should not be mixed.

Not only did we answer a reader’s question about his 2007 Honda Accord with seat-mounted side-impact airbags, but we’re now sounding a warning to any owner of a car with side airbags to not use traditional seat covers because they can obstruct deployment.

Do seat covers obstruct side airbags? (Ask.cars.com)