I'm about to take delivery of the above, and it will be my first experience with airbags. I'm wondering how the setup on these is - are they highly sensitive like early types, or have they been 'detuned'? TIA, H2Only
Airbag Questions - 1993 940T
Jul 31, 2003
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Do you mean if they are the reduced speed airbags, then no (too old, those are pretty new... these ones will slam you good if you aren't wearing a seatbelt, new bags deploy slower if the belt isn't buckled, and the only way to disable these ones if to pull the fuse, some modern cars have a switch)... if you mean for the sensors on the car and how they respond to accidents.... I would like to know this as well, as my family has a 1993
965, so I would imagine the sensors are the exact same."Rob Guenther" spake thusly:
no problems there; I insist on everyone strapping in . . . I feel naked without a belt.
new bags deploy slower if the belt isn't buckled, and the only way
That's what I was interested in - i.e., can they be set off by someone hitting the bumper with a baseball bet, for instance.
H2Only BTW, where are you located? We also have VW in common . . .
Yes, you are in the watercooled VW group as well aren't you... I am in Ontario Canada (near Toronto).
Well I can tell you that our 960 has hit some stuff at low speed... I backed into a low post (couldn't see it, thought I was fine and had enough room to pull into the space more) once at about 2-5kph, nothing, my mom backed into a wall at about 2-5kph.... she isn't good with backing in... nothing on the front bumper so far. Nothing that set off anything. Friends of ours had a
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