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sonnydurden · 08-04-2014, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ringo701

Glad your daughter is okay. I can relate to some of what you are going through. My daughter (same age as yours) was in a crash (not her fault) last November. She ended up in the hospital by way of ambulance. Looked/sounded a lot worse than it was. She was mostly bumped and bruised. Car (Honda Accord) was totaled but did its job protecting her and her passenger. Cars can be replaced.

Absolutely!!!.. Thanks for sharing!!!.. She is pretty shaken up.

Number 3 · 08-04-2014, 09:17 PM

Weight only effects the passenger airbag. There is a lit indicator somewhere on the dash that tells you if is on or off. That is weight dependent.

Driver airbag is simply deceleration. A bumper under ride, I.e. Your daughter was hard on the brakes and the nose went under the car in front would result in a "softer" impact. The other is simply speed. I believe it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer but if she had slowed to under 12 mph or so they simply wouldn't go off.

Glad she is ok but not all impacts will deploy the airbags.

Evergreen6 · 08-04-2014, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by No Excuses

Frontal airbags will not deploy if its a rollover, side impact, or rear impact. Why that is I have no idea.

Because the driver and/or passenger are not headed for the dashboard. In a rear impact, the force pushes the occupants against their seats. The recoil generally isn't enough to justify deploying the airbags. In a side impact, the force is coming from the side, and is sending the occupant's bodies towards the center console, or the door, in general. The front airbags will deploy in a rollover if there is also a frontal collision of adequate impact. in a rollover, you'd expect the side airbags and curtain airbags to deploy, at minimum.

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Originally Posted by sonnydurden

Talked to the adjuster and he stated that if the air bags didn't deploy then usually it's not totalled... Hmmmm.. But he hasn't seen the car yet...stay tuned

That's neither here nor there. It depends on the cost of the damage and how much replacing an airbag could send the vehicle over its total loss threshold in terms of value. The repair estimate tells all, unless the damage is just that obvious that there's no way in hell any body shop is going to put the car back together.

Camaro EMT · 08-04-2014, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ringo701

She ended up in the hospital by way of ambulance. Looked/sounded a lot worse than it was. She was mostly bumped and bruised.

Even if an accident doesn't seem to be that severe or if the outward bumps and bruises seem minor, it's always a good idea to get checked out for the presence of internal injuries and/or bleeding.

2010SLVRBULIT · 08-04-2014, 10:51 PM

gotta see the front end of your challenger.

rebelyell22 · 08-05-2014, 01:21 AM

She will be just as safe in a Camaro as any other car. 5* rating everywhere

sonnydurden · 08-05-2014, 02:39 PM

Pics are up at the top of the thread.,

stoopid · 08-05-2014, 03:02 PM

Unless there's a cracked frame, I doubt they'll total it based on the pics. Weird the airbag didn't deploy. Probably a driver's weight thing as previously mentioned.

Looks like the car did what it was supposed to do - collapse to absorb the impact.

sonnydurden · 08-05-2014, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by stoopid

Unless there's a cracked frame, I doubt they'll total it based on the pics. Weird the airbag didn't deploy. Probably a driver's weight thing as previously mentioned.

Looks like the car did what it was supposed to do - collapse to absorb the impact.

Yeah you may be right.. At first glance at the seen it looked bad.. But the engine looks out of placed and pushed back..

No Excuses · 08-05-2014, 03:30 PM

Have ur insurance total it that car will never be the same.

sonnydurden · 08-05-2014, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by No Excuses

Have ur insurance total it that car will never be the same.

I have the power to do that???.. Thought it was up to them.. I agree, it won't be right again!!

No Excuses · 08-05-2014, 04:35 PM

Your insurance has the final say but I would let them know.

DwRed1LTV6 · 08-05-2014, 05:01 PM

Glad your daughter is ok.!

JCunningham · 08-05-2014, 05:29 PM

doesnt look totaled to me. Did your daughter hit the steering wheel enough to get hurt from it. If not the airbag probably would have hurt her more. Id say the air bags did not need to deploy and the car absorb most of the impact as designed. She could have been driving a compact and it would not have turned out so well.

08-04-2014, 09:17 PM	#44
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,214 View My Garage	Weight only effects the passenger airbag. There is a lit indicator somewhere on the dash that tells you if is on or off. That is weight dependent. Driver airbag is simply deceleration. A bumper under ride, I.e. Your daughter was hard on the brakes and the nose went under the car in front would result in a "softer" impact. The other is simply speed. I believe it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer but if she had slowed to under 12 mph or so they simply wouldn't go off. Glad she is ok but not all impacts will deploy the airbags. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

08-05-2014, 01:21 AM	#48
rebelyell22 Drives: 2011 SIM 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Tupelo, MS Posts: 5,902	She will be just as safe in a Camaro as any other car. 5* rating everywhere __________________ 2011 2SS/RS built 8/24/10

08-05-2014, 05:01 PM	#55
DwRed1LTV6 Drives: '11 VR 2LT HHr Join Date: May 2011 Location: Gateway to the West Posts: 2,720	Glad your daughter is ok.! __________________ 2011 Hhr Formerly known as Silver85IrocZ !!

08-05-2014, 05:29 PM	#56
JCunningham Drives: 2017 2SS M6 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: WNY Posts: 7,069	doesnt look totaled to me. Did your daughter hit the steering wheel enough to get hurt from it. If not the airbag probably would have hurt her more. Id say the air bags did not need to deploy and the car absorb most of the impact as designed. She could have been driving a compact and it would not have turned out so well. __________________ real ZL1 wheels and brakes, 285/305 Michelin Pilot Super Sports, Pray ported Intake manifold, Soler Throttle Body, Rotofab intake, EFI Tuning Flex fuel kit, full American Racing Headers Exhaust, 1 7/8" w/ cats H pipe and mufflers. Full 1LE suspension, with BMR adjustable sway bars and links, GM aluminum cradle bushings, Hurst shifter with lighter reverse spring, TWM shifter knob, Tick level 1 transmission. I should have bought a ZL1

08-04-2014, 10:51 PM	#47
2010SLVRBULIT Drives: G5(LLT) & C6(LS3) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MARS Posts: 7,526 View My Garage	gotta see the front end of your challenger.

08-05-2014, 02:39 PM	#49
sonnydurden Drives: ‘16 1SS & ‘19 1LT Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Windermere, FL Posts: 2,086	Pics are up at the top of the thread.,

08-05-2014, 03:02 PM	#50
stoopid Drives: 4 wheels Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: anyplace, USA Posts: 1,177	Unless there's a cracked frame, I doubt they'll total it based on the pics. Weird the airbag didn't deploy. Probably a driver's weight thing as previously mentioned. Looks like the car did what it was supposed to do - collapse to absorb the impact.

08-05-2014, 03:30 PM	#52
No Excuses Account Suspended Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Cali Posts: 323	Have ur insurance total it that car will never be the same.

08-05-2014, 04:35 PM	#54
No Excuses Account Suspended Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Cali Posts: 323	Your insurance has the final say but I would let them know.