Off-roading with airbags

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Off-roading with airbags

Postby Gcdogg » Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:00 am

Was just wandering if it's safe or not to go 4wding around in a truck with airbags ? Is there a fuse I could disconnect without setting them off ? Or am I safe

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby Ralfie » Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:32 am

you are safer with them than without.....

There are fine off road unless you impact a tree or rock at a fairly reasonable speed.
its the sudden stop that actives them, not bouncing around off road.

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby ChurchurDan » Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:25 pm

Just make sure you have your seat belt on.

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby KIWI_TERRANO » Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:23 pm

Dont wear set belt then they dont deploy under 20kmh is what i got told

Had airbags in my last 3 yets amd havent had issues

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby Suza » Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:15 pm

They don't arm until 20km, and even then if the impact doesn't exceed a certain amount of force(G's) they wont deploy.

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby TJ » Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:35 pm

KIWI_TERRANO wrote:Dont wear set belt then they dont deploy under 20kmh is what i got told

Had airbags in my last 3 yets amd havent had issues


Not all vehicles have seat belt sensor connected to air bag system.

If the impact was big enough to deploy the air bags, you would be glad that they did. Normal offroad situations don't deploy them.
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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby Crash bandicoot » Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:19 pm

most airbag systems are disarmed in low range. nissan for example.
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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby tweake » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:26 pm

Crash bandicoot wrote:most airbag systems are disarmed in low range. nissan for example.

i know with some of the nissans, they don't disable airbags in low range, they change the sensitivity of the sensor. you have to hit a lot harder than normal to set it off.
if you hit something that hard and at high enough speed to set it off, you will be thankfull for the airbags.

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby bang-thud-thump » Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:14 pm

Just remember what SRS stand for

SUPPLEMENTARY restraint system. ie it supplements the seat belt.

Unless really quick smacks in the kisser appeal..... Im not so keen -waay to pretty :lol:

Good to hear people haven't had issues though as Im after a wagon with ABS and air bags.

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby timmay556 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:30 pm

They can kill you and save you all at the same time.

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby slide » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:23 pm

timmay556 wrote:They can kill you and save you all at the same time.


That must be an interesting feeling. Being killed and saved at the same time :?

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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby 3VILC » Thu Apr 09, 2015 4:46 pm

I suppose its like any other safety device, in general they will save your life but in the very odd instance they can do more damage than good. Seat belt, broken collar bone or flying out the window, I know which I'd choose haha.
As a morbid example, an old neighbour of my mums rolled his truck going too fast around a sharp bend, barely a scratch on him but the safety barrier twisted thru the cab and broke his neck, thus he is longer with us. Irony at its best. And no its not just Chinese whispers gossip, my dad was a fireman and both my parents were ambulance officers at the time.
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Re: Off-roading with airbags

Postby bang-thud-thump » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:53 pm

yeah seatbelts can break collar bones but I figure the impact that breaks a single bone with a belt will more than break a whole person without one.
I cant find anything in my car I want to smash my face into so I wear my belt.

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