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Air Bags
« on: November 02, 2007, 10:31:45 PM » |
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Ight ive got a  . i got into a wreck lyk a week ago. and my parents r freaking because my airbags didnt deploy. i dont think i was going fast enough or hit hard enough for them to deploy. i hit the pole doing lyk 10-15mph. any ideas. |
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Nykon
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2007, 04:50:35 AM » |
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Sensor Pole Sensor
Might have missed the sensors.
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 Ut oh, it went down! :\  |
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Daes
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2007, 04:54:50 AM » |
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The sensors are in the fenders. They should be glad the bags didn't deploy.
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97avengerguy
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2007, 03:55:18 PM » |
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Ya thats wat i was thinking i hit almost in the middle of the car and not very fast. They say the car is unsafe because they say they shouldve went off. but thnz for ur guyz help.
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Nykon
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2007, 04:07:40 PM » |
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Are you ok, the Avenger had a 5 star safety rating and airbags are bloody expensive as hell to replace. I agree you should be glad they didn't go off.
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97avengerguy
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2007, 05:21:55 PM » |
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Ya im alright i just got hurt from the seatbelt tighten up. Im glad to cause airbags r expensive and i cant afford to replace them.
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Aaron
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getcha HELLYEAH
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2007, 03:28:18 AM » |
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If it isnt a head on collison it shouldnt go off.
If it is a head on it has to be a fast enough deceleration to make the sensor hit. I hit mine sorta in the way you did but due to the fact that i didnt slow down very fast i didnt have mine deploy. Air bags are VERY dangerous and the sensors are built to make sure they only go off when the car has a very sudden decrese in speed like from 50 to 20 in less than a second then BOOM
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Bad Venge
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2007, 04:37:05 PM » |
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Airbag deployment is a very complex thing , as a 20 year paramedic/firefighter I've seen very simple accidents blow airbags as well as very serious accidents not deploy airbags ... My understanding is there are two sensors one going front to rear the other going side to side , they monitor the car for abrupt movements if they exceed X in one direction or the other they will go off ... if there is an off center hit they both moust exceed a certain value to blow the bags ...
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Todd
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2007, 10:04:53 PM » |
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i had a woman pull out in front of me and run over the driver-side headlight, then the truck's step rail came crashing down on the center frontend taking my radiator out, and mine didn't deploy… thank God! i was only doing approx. 10-15mph tho, so i'm sure that had all to do with it… according to what ppl are saying here. the car is def not unsafe… not anymore than most any other car anyway.
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Whiskeychick
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2007, 04:42:01 AM » |
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Air bags actually have dual senors. One set in in the front/side/rear where ever the airbag its self is located. Then there is a second safety sensor that has to be triggered as well. In low speed collisions air bags kill more then they safe thats why the new generations have this second switch built it. Most likey you hit the first set of sensors, but the second set deemed the impact to light to actually set them off.
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Aaron
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Re: Air Bags
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2007, 05:28:17 AM » |
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dual stage airbags deploy but they inflate at a slower less aggressive rate than if you were to have a full head on. The sensors work off of vibrations on the car if there is enough it goes off if there isnt then it doesnt. Its actually a switch inside that does not allow current to flow unless it picks up the vibrations. other sensors determine the amount and some even determine the power of the bad based on a persons weight, sensed through the seat.
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