My daughter was in an accident with her Focus on Tuesday. A 90 year old woman turned in front of her and my daughter didn't even have enough time to hit the brakes. The Focus is totaled, but something my daughter said about the airbags is bothering me. She said that when the airbags went off, both the drivers and passengers side airbags deployed, but while the passenger side airbad deflated the drivers side then "exploded". I haven't had a chance to really inspect the car carefully enough to really determine what happened, my question is does this sound normal? I realize that it would be easy enough for someone to think that the bag "exploded" when it deployed, but she definately said that the "explosion" came after the initial deployment. When I do get a chance tomorrow to inspect the car, what should I expect to see with the bags? Should there be any opening in the bags or should they remain intact? Thanks for any help.......
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19 years ago