Air bag failure to deploy

How fast was he going when the accident occurred? Was it a direct head on crash or was it an offset? There are a few factors that all have to happen before the bag goes off. Are you 100% sure that the system was operating? They may have pulled the data and discovered that it was disabled due to a system fault. Hard to tell. However it could also just be a freak event. It happens.

Oh and there are FAR more than thousand of F-150's on the road. Numbers would be closer to millions. It is quite likely that while I typed this post someone out there just wrecked another one.

It looks like high speed and direct head on. The ford 's frame was cracked/severed just behind the engine, trans/engine were partially in the passenger compartment. The vehicle was inspected for any mechanical problems right after the crash, wouldn't a faulty or disabled air bag system have been detected?

Possibly not. They may not have been looking for that. It is possible that the conditions were wrong enough that the bag didn't deploy.

I wouldn't allow the vehicle to be crushed until you find out about the air bags. Liability issue aside, it would eat at me the rest of my life wondering why they didn't deploy. See if you can find someone who can examine the vehicle and find out why they didn't go off.

Steve B.

With that much damage, would an air bag deployment have made any difference in suffered injuries? Air bags can only do so much.

Sorry to hear of this tragic event, though.

-phaeton