Josh,
You hit the deer just right. Take a look down inside your hood where the
frame meets the front supports (I forget what they call this piece) for the
radiator. They may have changed the design over the years, but you will
probably see one small black box bolted to each side of these supports.
These are the front airbag sensors. If you get hit hard enough for these
supports to get twisted, the airbag will deploy.
I'd consider yourself lucky. Looks like you didn't hit too awfully hard,
and it was center enough to evenly displace the energy between the supports.
Personally, I wouldn't have wanted the airbag to go off. I think you were
very fortunate.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Hancock [mailto:jhancock@tcia.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 7:18 PM
To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
Subject: DML: Fw: Deer Vs. Dak
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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