Well folks on 8/28/14, I was pulling my 2013 32' Flagstaff trailer back to the location it was stored in, with my 2011 2500, and I lost control on a curve on the Dallas North Tollway and totalled both of them. I was going about 60mph. The point of this post is that the air bag(s) did not deploy. It would take while to explain the entire incident, but I was not injured, my truck did its best to hang during the episode, but when the back tires lost traction, the truck and trailer jackknifed and the force seperated them which saved my becasue the trailer flipped and the truck stayed upright. Thanks to to all of you for the information I gained on the site, my Ram was an awesome truck, but I will probably not replace it with another diesel.
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moparfan63
sounds like your collision (you collided with the ground with something besides your tires) didn't meet the criteria for deployment of the airbags..
Was the crash straight on? Airbag sensors are inertia activated and a lot of times if it is not a direct head on or really close to head on they don't activate. I recall they are set at 20 mph.
Had a buddy who flipped his scion tc and the air bags did not deploy also. Tried filling a lawsuit against Toyota for it but was told no by multiple lawyers.
When I saw the car I saw why they did not. Every sensor was still intact as all impacts were in areas above where they would be effective.
I also think the manual and sometimes even the window stickers say airbags are not designed to deploy in all crash situations so to cover themselves in situations like this.
Sucks your truck and trailer are totaled but at least you walked away.
When I saw the car I saw why they did not. Every sensor was still intact as all impacts were in areas above where they would be effective.
I also think the manual and sometimes even the window stickers say airbags are not designed to deploy in all crash situations so to cover themselves in situations like this.
Sucks your truck and trailer are totaled but at least you walked away.
Airbags require a certain mph change in speed, in the direction of the sensor, to deploy. The steering wheel and dash airbags are designed to deploy in a frontal, or near frontal collision. Side curtain airbags will deploy on side impacts. Sometimes they will not deploy in roll overs because the required change in speed is not there. If you are rear-ended, they will usually not go off. So depending on the circumstances in your collision, the air bags may have not sensed the "need" to deploy. FYI, I'm a retired police officer, trained as a collision reconstructionist.
Like said, airbags don't just go off. The sensors need to be tripped, and a rollover does not (generally) cause them to go off. Sometimes weird things happen in a wreck that will trip them without a direct frontal impact but it's not the norm.
Side curtain airbags are designed to deploy in a rollover, our trucks don't have them. Front airbags are designed to deploy with frontal impacts.
Sorry about the wreck, at least you walked away. That's the good thing.
Side curtain airbags are designed to deploy in a rollover, our trucks don't have them. Front airbags are designed to deploy with frontal impacts.
Sorry about the wreck, at least you walked away. That's the good thing.
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