Another stupid noob question

rattlecanpaint said:
As in the person from NYC who parks by braille at 5 mph would cause $3k worth of damage to their vehicle by deploying the airbags and it really wouldn't matter that the bumpers weren't damaged.
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HAHAHA funny I grew up in NYC. My bumpers were always fine.
 
got some body damage on my 04 nissan this year due to stupid abs. was in 4 hi came down a muddy hill only thing that slowed me down any was the water breaks in the road. I pull my fuse out now. abs going off in mud you may as well not have brakes
 
rob92xj said:
That is not true just because the airbag light is on the system can still work or at least Chrysler system do, the only way to keep the system off is to pull both fuses. A short to 12v on the squib circuit can blow the bag.
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:handed: And most systems can also hold a charge for up to 30 minutes. Which is why they tell you when you even mess with an airbag to pull the fuses, d/c the battery and wait the appropriate time.
 
SStone said:
:handed: And most systems can also hold a charge for up to 30 minutes. Which is why they tell you when you even mess with an airbag to pull the fuses, d/c the battery and wait the appropriate time.
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On Chrysler airbag systems 10 minutes is more then enough time. I deal with them all day long.
 
rattlecanpaint said:
I don't know why everyone is scarred of airbags going off while off roading. You have to hit something extremely hard for the airbags to go off. Hard enough for the system to warrant deploying them, meaning you'd have to crush the front end of your rig the equivalent of a 30-40 mph head on collusion. If you hit anything that hard, you'd want the airbags to go off to protect you. Off road or on. I've jumped my '98 taco and the airbags didn't go off.
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my buddy had a 2002 ford ranger , we was just chillin in it listen to the radio drinking some :beer: and all he did was slam his door hard . just his side went off (driver side) . it was the funniest thing i have every saw . i wish i had it on tape . but anyways that was just a ford i guess it had an hick up.
 
Ridgerunner said:
There is no way a short can set off a airbag. they require 12v applied to the air bag to deploy.
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SStone said:
OK. Then that's just proof that Wyotech is BS because that's what they told 60+ people in my class and the books said it as well.
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this is a technicality with words...a "short" is technically a short to ground...but it is feasible to have a short to another ciruit (think 2 wires side by side chaffing) and induce voltage into the AB circuit...and boom...
 
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