HHR SS airbags went off, no accident, no rollover
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So then //did they disable the bags on the test course at Neuremburg? How about Pedders when he did the G Force test on their springs? Theres been a few others who did parking lot courses and had no problems...."Did what its intended to do" doesnt cut it in a performance car thats ben designed to handle corners....
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So then //did they disable the bags on the test course at Neuremburg? How about Pedders when he did the G Force test on their springs? Theres been a few others who did parking lot courses and had no problems...."Did what its intended to do" doesnt cut it in a performance car thats ben designed to handle corners....
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The body has to be on a great enough angle to set off the computer. I really don't know where the SS is set but if it were too low we would have seen this already.
I can't see him going to a limit no one here has not already done as there have been many ss autocrossing.
The black box can only be opened if he ok's it and it will tell the story. It will show g loads, angle of the body and speed.
As for a Lawyer it would take more money than the the damn bag is worth. Lawyers are not often the answer and part of the problem on why things get this screwed up.
As much of a pain as it will be I would let GM down load the info and see what it said.
I can't see him going to a limit no one here has not already done as there have been many ss autocrossing.
The black box can only be opened if he ok's it and it will tell the story. It will show g loads, angle of the body and speed.
As for a Lawyer it would take more money than the the damn bag is worth. Lawyers are not often the answer and part of the problem on why things get this screwed up.
As much of a pain as it will be I would let GM down load the info and see what it said.
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http://mobile.9wsyr.com/content/news...Iw-3pJZzg.cspx
General Motors has reached an undisclosed settlement with a driver injured by a sudden and unprovoked airbag deployment in her 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche last month.
Tammy Posnick was traveling about 30 miles per hour down a fairly straight city street in Syracuse, when her side roof-rail airbags suddenly deployed.
General Motors has reached an undisclosed settlement with a driver injured by a sudden and unprovoked airbag deployment in her 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche last month.
Tammy Posnick was traveling about 30 miles per hour down a fairly straight city street in Syracuse, when her side roof-rail airbags suddenly deployed.
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On the way home yesterday, I replayed the events of that day in my head, trying to think of anything that could have caused the car to think it was going to end up on its lid. I then took the corner at a MUCH slower speed (my 67 GMC can only do so much), the one thing that was more apparent, than all of the other hundreds of times that I took the corner, was the grade of the street that I was turning onto, it is much steeper than I had always thought, for those of you with a uphill driveway leading up to your garage, imagine the same kind of elevation change. Even if the car did not lift any wheels, the change in the incline of the road that I was turning onto might have tricked the airbag module into thinking a rollover was imminent, of course, this theory is totally hypothetical.
At this point, I have thought about involving an attorney, but I am most likely not going to take it that far. Let them do their investigation, get the feedback and then determine the course of action.
As hyperv6 stated, new airbags, seat belts, headliner and installation will be a drop in the bucket compared to lawyer fees.
The inspector called today and he asked me to go over the story again. He is going to check out the car tomorrow. He also asked specifically where the incident occured and about the service airbag indicator that I had a few weeks ago.
Stay tuned, more to come.
At this point, I have thought about involving an attorney, but I am most likely not going to take it that far. Let them do their investigation, get the feedback and then determine the course of action.
As hyperv6 stated, new airbags, seat belts, headliner and installation will be a drop in the bucket compared to lawyer fees.
The inspector called today and he asked me to go over the story again. He is going to check out the car tomorrow. He also asked specifically where the incident occured and about the service airbag indicator that I had a few weeks ago.
Stay tuned, more to come.
