This thread needs too hit a pole!! lol I think everyone is chiming in lol. Posted for the humor btw.

 

Lol... since we're talking about airbags.

Had a 99 grand am... I was doing like 5 mph from a stop when the person in front of me slammed on their brakes. I didn't realize that they just decided to stop at a green light. Oh well. My bumper went into the trailer hitch of this Lexus SUV.

My air bags deployed. NO damage to the bumper whatsoever.

They totaled the car, due to the air bags alone. Now I have a dodge ram that apparently will not deploy air bags.

It does matter about shot placement fellas.

 

You were very lucky to be OK after a crash like that. I was also wondering why you air bag didn't go off.

 

Im speechless. That was a CLEAN looking truck. Glad your ok man.

 

*dumbfounded*

 

holy crap, did your chin do that to the wheel? i know how that feels...pretty ****y

glad to see you're alright.

i noticed a comment about 'good thing you were in a truck'. when you're up against a telephone pole, a truck is no better than a car. the pole is going to kick your *** regardless of what you're driving

 

DANG I hate that man im gad your ok and i loved your truck. When I got into my wreck not to long ago it wasnt as bad as yours but i hit a gut at 40mph dead on and he was stopped and my bags didnt deploy. I know thats no were near as bad as yours but i still hate that man that was a sweet truck. I agree with everyone else id hit didge up

 

Glad your ok. As for the Air Bags not deploying. I can see from the photos that the seat belt pre tensions did not deploy either. Was your Air bag light on before the crash ? From the photos it looks like you may have had enough -G force to arm the SRS system.

I do a contract work for body shops replacing SRS components after a crash. The speed of the vehicle is not as important as the deceleration or Negative G Force is.

A quick check of the module with a scan tool will tell if there was enough force to Arm the system (usually around -2G's) and Deploy the Seat Belts and Air Bags (around -3G's).

Frontal SRS systems usually work up to 30 degrees off center L&R (total of 60 degrees). Hitting something like a brick wall head on will have a greater deceleration rate then say hitting a parked car at the same speed as the parked car will move during the impact, a wall will not. Also the head on crash is spread out over the entire front of the vehicle and the vehicle will absorb the impact more slowly causing higher -G's.

Off center hits or in your case a center Telephone Pole hit concentrates the impact into one spot allowing the vehicle to absorb more of the impact faster thus causing lower -G's.

If the Air bag module did Arm it should have the vehicle speed in the data. I bet you were way below 55 mph and combined with the concentrated pole hit you did not get the required -G's to deploy the system.

Any way you look at it though the truck preformed well in the crash as you walked away.

 

Hey everyone, the insurance company said my truck is totaled. They are giving me $23,645 for the truck.

Here are some pics with the tire removed and other mods

 

Wow, what do you plan on investing in? You said you may go Cummins earlier, is that still the route you are planning on going?