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Love My Kia · 02-07-2008, 03:32 PM

How fast were you going, and how fast did you decelerate?? Did it have advanced airbags? If it had advanced airbags, then airbag deployment is based on deceleration. If the airbags were not advanced, there is a sensor behind the grille. The only way to deploy the airbag for non-advanced airbags is to smash that sensor. You can't blame Kia. All non-advanced airbags are that way, for every manufacturer. Before I bought my '04.5 Kia Spectra, I had the same type of accident in an '03 Ford Taurus. I broke my collar bone and fractured my 3 of my neck bones, because the airbag didn't deploy. It had non-advanced airbags, and the sensor wasn't smashed, so the bags didnt deploy.

02-07-2008, 03:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Love My Kia Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Manistee, MI Posts: 7 Drives: 2007 Kia Optima EX I4 Gallery: 0	How fast? How fast were you going, and how fast did you decelerate?? Did it have advanced airbags? If it had advanced airbags, then airbag deployment is based on deceleration. If the airbags were not advanced, there is a sensor behind the grille. The only way to deploy the airbag for non-advanced airbags is to smash that sensor. You can't blame Kia. All non-advanced airbags are that way, for every manufacturer. Before I bought my '04.5 Kia Spectra, I had the same type of accident in an '03 Ford Taurus. I broke my collar bone and fractured my 3 of my neck bones, because the airbag didn't deploy. It had non-advanced airbags, and the sensor wasn't smashed, so the bags didnt deploy.