urma86

My lovely IS250 had a bad front end collision and the driver side airbag didn't deploy. Is this normal? So sad...Attachment 364701

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Gville350

iTrader: (10)

Was someone in the passenger seat? There is soooo much safety technology built into these cars with a number of impact sensors AND other sensors measuring speed/yaw rate/ etc that take everything into consideration during a crash you are always left wondering in an ordeal like this.

Never like to see this, but can we assume everyone made it out alive and walking? How'd the under-dash knee airbags work out for you?

urma86

No one else was in the car and NO airbags deployed, none! Everyone is fine, thank goodness, but with a front end crash like that, shouldn't they deploy?

Gville350

iTrader: (10)

Sorry, mis-read; somehow thought you had said the passenger side airbag didn't deploy. So was it a straight-on front end to front end collision or was the initial impact on the side or off-center on your car? Had the gauge cluster previously been displaying any error codes?

urma86

It was a straight front end crash. The side wasn't hit. No gauges displayed. The car had very low miles and was in excellent condition.

Gville350

iTrader: (10)

What type of vehicle hit you? What can happen is the portion of the vehicle that hit your front end might have been of a higher ground clearance, so it avoided hitting your impact sensors.

jgr7

iTrader: (1)

Were you moving or stopped?

urma86

I wasn't driving, my older son was, so he murdered my car! He broadsided a GMC Yukon and was definitely moving!