Hi,
I was in a small accident, hitting a double-parked car from rear. No passengers were in my car, but still both air bags got deployed. I was expecting just the driver air bag to deploy...
Is this normal?!
Regards,
air bags
Jan 09, 2010
5 Replies
My understanding is that there are at least two G force sensors in the front of the car. If they sense enough G's the bags will deploy. Unless, your car also has sensors to detect whether a seat is occupied or not.
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fastguy wrote the following:
I hit a deer with my 97 Nissan PU while doing about 50 mph on Sept.4,
2006 at 10:35 PM. The damage was about $4500 to my front bumper, grill, left fender, radiators, fan, and other internal sheet metal. My driver's side airbag did not deploy. I will say that the impact didn't toss me forward. The collision occurred about 1 mile from my house, so I was able to drive it home. I had detailed the truck that morning. :-( Pics at
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Thanks for answer. The car is a 2003 Nissan Altima and I believe it has sensors (since I get a light on the dashboard if anybody in the front seat doesn't fasten the seatbelt)
Petru
Is this a malfunction of the airbag system, or it is expected?
Regards, Petru
It is normal and thus expected (a feature, not a bug).
Don
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