Member Since: 13 May 2016
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Airbag sensitivity?
Hit a deer this week
Insurance company is now considering either repair it or redeem it. What makes repairing expensive, is that driver's and codriver's airbags exploded Nothing but plastics broken in front. (all plastics, btw) And windscreen broken by blewn airbag...
Come on, it's almost same than hitting a pedestrian, when thinking about weights. +2500kg's hitting under 100kg's of flesh and bones. Why the did they blew? My strong opinion is that they shouldn't have and that was also repair company guy's opinion. Speed was around 40mph.
It's different when hitting something harder and heavier. I barely felt that hit behind the wheel. But airbag explosion was loud, my god.
That animal jumped right in front of car from the dark forest, I barely got time to realise it's a deer and bang.
It's a pity if they redeem my RRS, since I have renewed so much of it, air springs, compressor, webasto, rear brakes... it's in very good shape now.
And I love it
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Hood is ok, it's just opened.
Fri Jan 06 2017 7:50am
Andy K
Member Since: 18 Sep 2015
Location: GL
Posts: 4946
sorry to hear that.
Did you have a passenger in the front seat?
Was it the passengers airbag that broke the windscreen? If so I think I will turn mine off !
Fri Jan 06 2017 12:02pm
Finn mc Missile
Member Since: 13 May 2016
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Posts: 16
Yes, I got my wife on passenger's seat and yes, it was airbag which broke that windscreen. It pops quite upwards thru the dashboard.
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