There are regulations which state how airbags must function. There isn’t much leeway to interpretation. This is generally why you can swap steering wheels in an

There are regulations which state how airbags must function. There isn’t much leeway to interpretation. This is generally why you can swap steering wheels in any car so long as the wiring matches up. The leeway exists in the airbag controller, that can decide when to deploy, how it deploys (3 stage vs 50 stage) and what and how much data to store in nvram. It’s all open on DOTs website if you are so inclined to look Source: wanted to swap in new seats to my car from a different model. Found the side airbags were plug and play when you fabricate your own connector