morningman

ok i was justin a wreck and ended up rearending a hinda civic at 35+ mph and my air bags diddnt deploy.
has anybody else had this experence?

TheDanger

did it hit the airbar sensor?

Driver_Lost

Be glad if you didn't need them. My wife and I are first responders and have seen more injuries from unnecessary air bag depolyment. Broken noses, hands, wrist.
I still question the pillow bomb in my face every day.

Tell us more about the wreck. Do you think you needed them? did the seat belts lock up?

Max

How severe was the wreck? Were you wearing a seatbelt? Did your body hit the steering wheel?

If you didn't get injured hitting the steering wheel, I don't see why you would want the airbags to deploy, they could have caused more harm than they saved.

morningman

THe whole front end is caved in and scrunched up and i was wearing a seatbelt and the abs didn;'t kick in and i can't remember if i hit the steering wheel or not but i mean it was bad but not to bad
my bacsand my sides hurt and stomach hurts some what
im going ti the doctor tomorrow and ill find out
but ill post some pictures later

George

Were you going 35 at impact, or had you been on the brakes for a while? You might have been slowed down to the point where the computer turns off the air bags.

You don't want the airbags to deploy in relatively slow collisions, as the belts will restrain you sufficiently and there is a danger of the air bag injuring your arm if it is between the bag and your body. It can also injure your body if the bag throws your arm into your face or chest.

IIRC, in Europe they train new drivers never to cross their arms over the wheel so as to avoid injury if the air bag deploys.

morningman

i was atleast 35 because i was doing 40-45 andl slamme on the breaks

chucksu

I would be happy that I could be here posting about how my air bag did not work. It might not have came out for a few reasons. The good things to look at.

1. Your Still Alive!
2. 1 less thing insurance company can right off & claim it to be totaled (you know how much those air bags cost to replace?)
3. Life goes on.
4. We went about 90 years of automotive history before airbags became standard, so there are still some bugs to work out. Also on this same topic the only "Help reduce the risk of seriouc injury in the event of a accident" The dont tell you they hold a risk for causing injury in a accident.

emiller

Air bags hurt and are expensive. You dont want it to go off if at all possible. How fast was the car you hit going? Your car is supposed to crush like that. It absorbs the impact so that you dont have to.

morningman

the other car was stopped and i think it had some borwn pride members that go to my school in it

LilBlkBox

Looks very similar to my wreck I had in Feb. I was going about 35 mph when I rear ended a Trailblazer. Both of my airbags went off, sucked. The insurance company didnt total the vehicle, but there was almost $12,000 worth of damage. It took them over 5 weeks to get it fixed.

Glad to hear you guys are okay. Airbags hurt a lot. My passengers chest was sore for a week after it happend.

ScioXBox

Glad to hear you're okay.

http://www.evolicious.com/airbag-bang.html

Bethel

In November of '02, we hit a deer with our '03 Corolla.... We had been doing 60, and I had absolutely no time to respond to the thing, as it jumped right in front of me. The airbags did not deploy then, either, and I was concerned about it. The car was still drivable, but pretty crunched. Toyota said the deer itself was not enough to have triggered the airbag deployment. So, I'd just go with the thought that your hitting the other car was not forceful enough for the airbags to deploy. Be thankful! It could have been WAY worse.

Driver_Lost

Bethel

http://www.safercar.gov/movie/2006/06xB-f.wmv

XB_BOB

i did the same at 45 mph into a ford excursion nothing deployed. However the maintinance required light turned on. Form the picture i see your box didn't fair that bad mine i had to replace everything up the side including the fenders

Driver_Lost

Very impressive crumple action
I like the dummy giving the thumbs up at the end Very cool

emiller

haha I agree with you.

morningman

well the insurance adjuster said $6,400 of damage

Max

So not totalled? I thought that any airbag deployment was a total.

I had $4800 before. Sucks.

Before that I had $1100

Never move to Indiana, people can only see what is five feet in front of their bumper, and definitely nothing on their side.