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Asked: Apr 07, 2008 - 07:58 AM

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kharris103

Will an airbag deploy if hit from behind and forced into another vehicle?

3 cars stopped quickly and the car in the back hit the car in the middle. The car in the middle had stopped in time, but was pushed into the car in front. The push was hard enough to break the bumper and buckle the hood, but the airbag did not deploy.

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mr_shiftright

Date: Apr 07, 2008
Time: 11:13 AM

It depends on the rate of deceleration. Probably the car in back did not accelerate the car in the middle fast enough to trigger the air bag on impact. I believe you'd have to hit a solid barrier at about 16 mph for it to deploy.

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210delray

Date: Apr 27, 2008
Time: 10:43 PM

I agree with Mr. Shiftright. The acceleration wasn't great enough to deploy the frontal airbags. Were you in the middle car? Were you wearing your seat belt, and were you injured from the second impact (not the original rear-ender)? If you weren't injured, you didn't need the airbag and it did not need to deploy.

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