I agree with Jim ,makes sense.. you need to hit something solid. the deer
was thrown at impact relieving the high stress to your frame structure.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Miller" <jim76712@swbell.net>
To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Fw: Deer Vs. Dak
> My mother hit a stopped pickup from the rear at about 30 mph and her
> airbag did not fire either. I complained to Ferd about this ahd they
> said airbags only deploy when you hit an object that wont move like a
> concrete wall, bridge, head on with another car etc. the pickup she hit
> rolled forward form the impact to the airbag did not work. Hitting a
> deer, the impact was mostly absorbed by energy absorbing parts on your
> truck and the deer obviously was knocked away also so your airbag was
> not supposed to fire. Not enough impact. Sorry about your truck
> though. i did that many years ago in a 62 Galaxie 500 and had to
> replace hood, grill bumper condenser, radiator fan blades and water
> pump. Looks like the Dak is more durable than the old boat I was
> driving.
>
> Josh Hancock wrote:
>
> > Here is a link to the pics of what happened to my
> > dak yesterday. I think the subject explains it but my
> > question is, Could someone look at these and tell me
> > why my airbags did not go off??? Could there be a
> > problem or was this right???
> >
> > Thanks
> > Josh
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/joshrh/deervsdak.html
>
>
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