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Posted on 20 Nov 2009

This is my car after crash: Why didn't airbags deploy?

STOMPer Yoda was shocked that his car airbags failed to deploy even after a nasty accident that left the bonnet of his Toyota Altis buckled and twisted.

Here's what the STOMPer wrote in an email today (Nov 20):

"I crashed my car on the night of Friday the 13th.

"I took a corner on a wet road and lost control of my vehicle, skidding 30-40 metres before hitting a concrete wall.

"Thankfully nobody was hurt. I sustained whiplash injuries (neck strain and muscle spasms) as well as bruises to the chest.

"My question is, why didn't the airbags of my 3-year-old Toyota Altis deploy? The passenger side of the car was heavily damaged, to the point the door could not be opened.

"I was lucky to escape with only minor injuries, but it could have been a whole lot worse. What is the point of a safety feature built into a car if it doesn't deploy when your life is in danger?"

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Keywords: accident , airbags

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Khan2411 said on 29 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

haha bcoz the car expect you to die so you cannot post picture here.

CurrynRice said on 23 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

LOL.. How fast you went? get this clear 40km/h AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY 60km/h YES AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY SO HOW FAST YOU WENT? IF BELOW 40KM/H OR 40KM/H DON KPKB ABOUT YOUR TOYOTA !

gen2y2010 said on 23 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

Next time no more TOYOTAs! lousy qty just alot of hype.bullshit also .it happenned to manny folks

lamhoon33 said on 23 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

Yoda , thank you for sharing. It is also advisable to invest in a good set of rubber as it is the only contact between the car and the road. I like wet performance tyre as it grips well on wet road but it is noisy.

Paffendorf said on 23 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

please hor...assemble anywhere also same. Once it's malfunction that's it but during servicing, the foreman only check electronic feedback only not the real test (no matter how much the aribag cost- servicing should have a physical test done).

BTW, Singapore is also one kind - the insurance!!!! Other people bang here and there, we the innocent one pay a little higher on our premium...totally no brain, better charge the reckless driver more and let the non accident driver have their NCB claimed with the expected lower premium...

But...at the end, NMNT, sianz kah liao....

Stomping007 said on 22 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

Assembled in Thailand....that's why.....

Zapper123 said on 21 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

spot on! batebate 21 Nov, 2009

wrongturn said on 21 Nov, 2009 Report as offensive

The sensor is the device that tells the bag to inflate. Inflation happens when there is a collision force equal to running into a brick wall at 10 to 15 miles per hour (16 to 24 km per hour). A mechanical switch is flipped when there is a mass shift that closes an electrical contact, telling the sensors that a crash has occurred. The sensors receive information from an accelerometer built into a microchip.

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