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Car Forum / Mitsubishi Cars / July 2006Air Bag Failure in Crash
I am looking for information on the Airbag system in the Mitsubishi Lancer 2005 Ralliart... This is why: My husband and I were in a fairly serious accident a little while ago (not more then a week or so) and the entire front of our car was destroyed. We were traveling down a highway in BC when someone tried to cut across and we 'T-boned" him doing about 100km/h. The airbags in our car however failed to deploy!! This is multitasked as a warning to any with this car or the likes of it and to look for information to assist in research in order to bring some sort of action against Mitsubishi. If anyone knows of a website with examples or email addy's off people with similar problems or anything it would be greatly appreciated.... Thanks > I am looking for information on the Airbag system in the Mitsubishi > Lancer 2005 Ralliart... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > The airbags in our car however failed to deploy!! That is supposed to be somehow bad? > This is multitasked as a warning to any with this car or the likes of > it and to look for information to assist in research in order to bring > some sort of action against Mitsubishi. Go buy a Camry troll. Considering the fact that we are lucky we walked away and that the air bags really should have gone off with that sort of an accident i would say it's not good.... I can't see how a failure in a safety feature is good. I am getting a new car since mine is currently a writeoff but that is not really the point. > Considering the fact that we are lucky we walked away and that the air > bags really should have gone off with that sort of an accident i would > say it's not good.... > > I can't see how a failure in a safety feature is good. Let me get the facts straight: You had a skirmish with another car. The impact was not severe enough for the airbags to deploy. The cage protected the worthless life of yours so you can complain about this non issue. The front end collapsed to protect your wothless limbs so neither you nor your husband have any injuries. Somehow escaping from the incident unscathed is not good enough for you. Won't you spend your energy fixing your f.cking relationship instead of spamming this group? You need a marriage counselor, my dear, not an attorney. > I am getting a new car since mine is currently a writeoff but that is > not really the point. Right.The point is that the car did a perfect job protecting you, but you are not happy anyway. Could a car make you happy? > > Considering the fact that we are lucky we walked away and that the air > > bags really should have gone off with that sort of an accident i would [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Let me get the facts straight: > You had a skirmish with another car. Skirmish is not really how i would put it. The thing totalled the front end of my car and this is not a minor thing. > The impact was not severe enough for the airbags to deploy. > The cage protected the worthless life of yours so you can complain [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > spamming this group? You need a marriage counselor, my dear, not > an attorney. Could you explain how you think my relationship needs fixing. There is nothing in my post stating that my husband and I are having problems. We are perfectly fine at the moment. > > I am getting a new car since mine is currently a writeoff but that is > > not really the point. > > Right.The point is that the car did a perfect job protecting you, > but you are not happy anyway. Could a car make you happy? The only one in here wnating to bitch is you and you seem to be enjoying trying to pick a fight so have fun and since this post makes you so angry maybe you should seek council untill then i will close the post in hopes that it may appease you even a little. Just an added note: > > The impact was not severe enough for the airbags to deploy. the air bags should deploy when you decrease speed 30% in certain distance. We were at 100km/hr and within a foot were down to zero Km/h that means they really should have deployed. > Just an added note: > > > > The impact was not severe enough for the airbags to deploy. > > the air bags should deploy when you decrease speed 30% in certain > distance. We were at 100km/hr and within a foot were down to zero Km/h You also seem to have no clue what units acceleration/deceleration is measured in. Take a physics class at your community college for Mitsubishi's sake. Regardless, what deceleration airbags deploy at is better left to the automotive engineers rather than clueless drivers. > that means they really should have deployed. That is not up to you to decide. I would prefer the same effort and money spent on strenthening the cage. If the cage collapses the airbags won't do you any good. If the cage stays put the seatbelts or a harness would keep you from hitting anything. All in all airbags are useless at best and dangerous at worst (read: accidental deployment). But If you really miss the experience I suggest you husband escort you to a staging area of a boxing match and ask a heavyweight to punch you (with a glove preferably) squarely on the chest. That would closely approximate what would've happened if the airbag did deploy. Body Roll, you sound clueless yourself.... >> Just an added note: >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > approximate > what would've happened if the airbag did deploy. >> Just an added note: >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> certain distance. We were at 100km/hr and within a foot >> were down to zero Km/h Of course you could always go here http://www.actsinc.org/publications_1.cfm and read up about airbags. There are a number of reasons why AB's don't inflate, including system failures, but your OBD,ECU should have picked up a failure before hand, and generated an indication on your instrument panel. Also very rough roads (according to the above article) can prevent AB's from "false" triggering. > "Body Roll" <aglyport@gmail.com> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > instrument panel. Also very rough roads (according to the above > article) can prevent AB's from "false" triggering. >From the link that provided: " Unlike crash tests into barriers, real-world crashes typically occur at angles and the crash forces usually are not evenly distributed across the front of the vehicle. Consequently, the vehicle speed required to deploy the air bag in a real-world crash can be much higher. Because air bag sensors measure deceleration, vehicle speed and damage are not good indicators of whether or not an air bag should have deployed. " Go buy a Camry troll. "Body Roll" Sound advice! <aglyport@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1153409097.644136.55640@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... >> I am looking for information on the Airbag system in the Mitsubishi >> Lancer 2005 Ralliart... [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Go buy a Camry troll. Not Trying to flame anyone so don't take it that way. If I'm not mistaken 100km'h is close to 60 mph. Instead of bashing the car you ought to be writing Mitsubishi and which ever god you chose to worship a thank you letter. A lot of people get killed in lower speed accidents than yours. With or with out airbags!! P.S. if they did go off you probally wouldn't have walked away totally unscathed as you did. Air bags can and do cause injury at times. I personally know a woman that got a collapsed lung from an air bag deployment. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ Call them |
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