Hi Andy,
Maybe they had to many airbags going off where they located them in the mid
nineties, but that's where they put them. I believe they are to susceptible
to damage. Glad to hear them moved them. Also sounds like they changed the
design and how they function.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Levy [mailto:andylevy@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:11 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Fw: Deer Vs. Dak
Glancing at my FSM, it looks like the airbag sensors are located under the
floorboards in the driveshaft "tunnel", not behind the bumper. That's for
a '99, I can't imagine it's radically different within GenIIIs.
Wisotzkey, Rich wrote:
> 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
-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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