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A general air bag question
This morning a car pulled out in front of my sister in law and
husband. He didn't have time to brake. He believes the two or three year old Avalon is totaled. Everyone is OK, the sister in law was taken to the hospital for chest pains. Probably due to the seat belt. My question is......... Not one air bag inflated. What would be the reason for having no airbags inflate when you hit something hard enough to total a large vehicle other than fraulty bags or sensors? |
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A general air bag question
Pete E. Kruzer wrote:
> This morning a car pulled out in front of my sister in law and > husband. He didn't have time > to brake. He believes the two or three year old Avalon is totaled. > Everyone is OK, the sister in law was taken to the hospital for chest > pains. Probably due > to the seat belt. > My question is......... Not one air bag inflated. What would be the > reason for having no > airbags inflate when you hit something hard enough to total a large > vehicle other than > fraulty bags or sensors? Sorry for the trauma to the family. I hope everything checks out OK with the SIL. There are certain criteria that the sensors must see. I don't know a lot about this area, but I do know that the sensor must see a certain G level purely in the fore-aft direction to trigger the bags. Any component of the G level vector from the side doesn't enter into it. -- Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') |
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A general air bag question
Unless there are side airbags, presumably...
Glad to hear that Peter's family ok; let's hope chest pain is temporary. DAS To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling" --- "Bill Putney" > wrote in message ... [...] > > Sorry for the trauma to the family. I hope everything checks out OK with > the SIL. > > There are certain criteria that the sensors must see. I don't know a lot > about this area, but I do know that the sensor must see a certain G level > purely in the fore-aft direction to trigger the bags. Any component of > the G level vector from the side doesn't enter into it. > > -- > Bill Putney > (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address > with the letter 'x') |
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