>> SlowBoy:
>> I need an airbag deployment lesson on a 2000 Infiniti Q45.
>>
>> So, when do the airbags deploy?
>>
>> Thursday my Q became an accordian. I got the car stopped but got nailed from
>> behind and pushed into the truck in front of me. No airbags deployed in the Q
>> but all the bags in the VW that hit me did.
>>
>> So, how does the airbag system work?
>>
> - Bob Mann
>
> Glad you're OK. Hate to ask, but are you sure the SRS are in there and
> functional?
>
> Basically, G-sensors, which given what you described, as you suspect,
> may-ought to have deployed.
Could the fact that he was stopped have any effect? If the car isn't moving
are they supposed to deploy? Or maybe the short, abrupt acceleration when he
was hit from behind wasn't enough to fire them either.
Ron
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