Airbags
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07-09-2008, 06:47 PM
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Airbags
Last weekend my driverside airbags deployed when the seatbelt slipped out of my hands and hit the pillar. I glad this didnt happen while I was driving on the highway of busy street. My warranty ran out in Feb. so Howard Orloff Jaguar wanted to charge me to take a look at it. I was upset because if there had been a fatality because of this the least of their concerns would be a warranty. Any way, Geico is taking care of this issue. I just think that when it is a safety Jaguar should take responsibility. My son is just one and I cant imagine if it happen while he was in the car and I was driving. The repair is approx. 5,000 but I only have to pay the deductable. Now I'm just wondering if this car is going to be safe when I get it back.[:@]
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07-09-2008, 07:27 PM
RE: Airbags
An airbag (from a recycling center) is about $350. Sounds like the insurance company is selling prescription drugs - the deductable is more than the real cost of the product!
I think it will be perfectly safe once replaced, however you could always get a lawyer and get a better deal than just not paying your deductable! I think its BS you have to pay a deductable, regardless of your warrantee status.
I’ve see the opposite problem, a Hyundai was hit in the front and the impact severed the wires or destroyed the front impact sensor and the air bags did not deploy. A freak thing (I like Hyundai’s) at a high volume Hyundai repair workshop.
I think it will be perfectly safe once replaced, however you could always get a lawyer and get a better deal than just not paying your deductable! I think its BS you have to pay a deductable, regardless of your warrantee status.
I’ve see the opposite problem, a Hyundai was hit in the front and the impact severed the wires or destroyed the front impact sensor and the air bags did not deploy. A freak thing (I like Hyundai’s) at a high volume Hyundai repair workshop.
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07-09-2008, 09:10 PM
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07-09-2008, 11:57 PM
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RE: Airbags
you should ask them to show you what the computer has logged. I am unclear as to what actually set the airbag off.
Was it the passenger front airbag? or the side curtain bag?
you need to understand what sensor caused the deployment. Maybe that sensor is defective? I would not feel safe until I knew what set the thing off.
Was it the passenger front airbag? or the side curtain bag?
you need to understand what sensor caused the deployment. Maybe that sensor is defective? I would not feel safe until I knew what set the thing off.
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RE: Airbags
Please correct me if I am wrong, but first, for an airbag to deploy, you need atleast 2 sensors to be actuated to get an airbag to deploy. Secondly, the sensors are mounted to the frame of the car, so, the frame has to take a significant bump to trigger the sensor, not simply a seat belt buckle contacting the inerior trim piece because it slipped out of your hand. Thirdly, the sensor require an impact of like 5 G's to be triggered. So, a simple bump isn't enough to trigger the sensor. If it was, any time you hit a pothole, the airbags would deploy. So, based on these three things, it sounds like the Airbag module is either faulty or you have a sensor that is faulty and you managed to be unlucky with the seatbelt striking the pillar.
Not to mention that if only 1 airbag deployed, then it wasn't the electronics that trigged the airbag. It was a matter of the airbag that deployed was defective and released with the impact. That isn't right either. Any which way you look at it, defective equipment should be fixed by the people that built it.
Chris "Thermo" Coleman
Not to mention that if only 1 airbag deployed, then it wasn't the electronics that trigged the airbag. It was a matter of the airbag that deployed was defective and released with the impact. That isn't right either. Any which way you look at it, defective equipment should be fixed by the people that built it.
Chris "Thermo" Coleman
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07-10-2008, 05:14 PM
RE: Airbags
Thermo - Very good points!
FYI: Repair shops routinely replace airbags, locked seatbelts and reset the computer / modules. The (airbag) system goes through a self check every time the car is started. However, there is something very wrong here. In my opinion Catscan should not settle with the response from the Dealership/ Jaguar.
FYI: Repair shops routinely replace airbags, locked seatbelts and reset the computer / modules. The (airbag) system goes through a self check every time the car is started. However, there is something very wrong here. In my opinion Catscan should not settle with the response from the Dealership/ Jaguar.
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07-26-2008, 09:32 PM
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RE: Airbags
I went through Geico to get my car fixed. After one week of waiting for the airbags from Jag the repair shop put them in. They sent the car to Imperial Jaguar in Wilmette to have the airbags system reset. They told the shop that the airbag computer modulator my car needed was on terminal back order. WTF. I called Jag and they told me no one knew when this part would be available and there may be a redesign involved. I wonder why. Its been two weeks and my car is being held hostage. There is no way I can ever be involved with a company that does not accept resposibility or stands behind there product, but I cant even get my car back to get rid of it. Its an 04 how can an important part like this be unavailable. What happens to anyone else with this problem.
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