‘Do Not Drive’: Chrysler, Dodge owners urged to repair vehicles following another airbag-related fatality

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[rellic]

I’m glad you and kids survived.
Merry Christmas.
Mele Kalikimaka.
Aloha.

[Drago]

Yeah definitely a “rebound” effect after a rear-ender...I think the reason for no front dash/steering wheel airbag deployment for a rear end crash has to do with “timing”...airbags inflate (& deflate) in milliseconds...airbag might be too late (deflating) during the “rear-ender rebound” effect. (Need an automotive engineer to weigh in!)

[NorthMountain]

I had a 2005 Toyota with the defective airbag. I got it repaired under recall, around 10 years ago. I sold the car about 5 years ago.

I STILL get phone calls and crap in the mail about the urgency of replacing the airbag on the 2005 Toyota I no longer own ...

[Tunehead54]

A little belated but thanks for the post.

In 2008 I took a daughter out to a horse ranch in Arizona to ride around for two weeks while my son and I toured around the west considering a move from Florida to be closer to family in AZ and CA. The little lady (beloved wife of 42 years and change - in case she reads this ;-) stayed home to tend to the animals and homestead.

We put 1800 miles on a Chrysler 300 (nice car) touring AZ, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico without incident. I went to University of AZ in Tucson so we even went to Nogales, MX so I could show my son (14) how things could change just walking a mile across the border.

Missed Sunset Crater (Past visitor hours) but got a good view of it driving around back roads - hey it was a rental and I know how to drive around big rocks and holes ;-)

So all went well but its a weird thought that one little bump could have taken me out so long ago and they’re still “working” on it.

Still in Florida - 43 degrees on the porch, 39 outside our forest - no worries, got a heater under a cocoon of blankets around the desk.

We found paradise in 1993 and can’t find another one so all is well.

Merry Christmas!