Category: deployment

Why do air bags sometimes fail to deploy during a crash?

NATIONAL – The activation of an air bag in a crash is dependent on several important factors including: the characteristics of the crash (e.g., speed, other vehicle(s) involved, impact direction, etc.); the individual vehicle air bag system’s design strategy; and the crash sensor locations. Air bags are not intended to deploy in all crashes. There…

Air Bag Deployment – Ford – F-150 – Truck – Air Bags – complaints – injuries

NATIONAL – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into unnecessary air-bag deployments that could affect as many as 530,000 Ford F-150 pickups. The agency says it has received eight (8) complaints from owners of 2005 models saying the driver’s side air bag deployed “during ignition or seconds after the engine had…