My deer didn't make it.

I found it lying 20 ft off the side of the road.

 

Mine did $5000 worth of damage in December. No airbags deployed. I thought airbags deployed when there was a sudden decelaration

 

I would sure hope that a sudden deceleration alone would not cause the airbags to deploy, because those guys with big brake kits would be in a world of hurtin!!

Seriously, what you said is sorta right, but it's the sudden deceralation in the form of a vehicle impacting something that causes the bags to deploy.

 

No such things as "deers" bro... respect

 

I beleive the sensors are in the bumper, judging from the pictures looks like the deer was tall so it landed on your hood when you clipped its legs, thus doing little damage to the bumper which is probably why the airbags did not go off.

 

The airbag sensor is behind the bumper, right on the core support.

 

Well as long as your okay... Anything can be fix

 

I guess the Z is the winner did you take a picture of the loser. Did the airbag partially deploy, that sucks if it did.

 

Glad you are OK. Hope your car gets fixed up just like new. Hope it gets well soon.

 

think of it like this....its a little box, about the size of a match box, and there is a spring in it, and a metal piece at the end of the spring....and the spring is not that strong you can easily pull it with your fingers, with the deceleration the spring closes, and if the deceleration is like a lot faster then any brake can stop you, the spring closes and the metal piece at the end of the metal touches another piece of metal which sets off the airbags.

 

lungta - Ouch .... If that deer wasn't dead after that hit I sure hope you beat him down. Hopefully, all is fixed up like new now.

 

WOW lungta, looks like your car took a full body shot from the deer. Like someone mentioned above, I'm pretty sure I clipped its legs but didn't see the after effect because of the fogged up windows. Also amazing your airbags didn't deploy after a hit like that. There's obviously some inconsistency as to how much force will set these things off.

 

I also played deer hunter in my Z just 6 weeks ago and in broad daylight. Deer died before she hit the ground and only hit the passenger corner. Bent the hood, bumper area pushed in enough to pierce the A/C condenser, but no lens breaks and no airbags! "Only" $3000 in damages. The worst part of it all is that the SOBs still have my car...sheer incompetence...

 

I was under the impression that if no one was in the passanger seat (or they were under 65lbs) that it wouldn't deploy???

|dg <--goes to read his manual

 

Humm...couldn't find anything regarding no deployment if the seat is empty. But what the hell are those sensors under the seat doing?

I did find on page 1-11 where only one bag can deploy depending on where the impact occurs.

|dg

 

man that sux, but glad to see you ok.

thats gonna be pretty pricey as far as damage. i remember hearing that airbags run about $2000 each, the body damage isnt too bad.

hey now woudl be a good time to add a new aftermarket body kit or carbon fiber hood if you are into that. insurance is going to replace those parts anyway.

good luck with the damage. i wouldnt be surprised if the bill comes to 8 or 9k.

 

Mine ran about 50 yards and died in a ditch.
I got a nismo front lip and UR crank pulley out of insurance deal too. It helps to know friends who own body shops !

 

bambi...lmao

 

Hey guys dug this thread back up instead of starting a new one..

Anyway, it's gonna be a good 2-3 weeks before the body shop can get to my car so in the meantime I have been driving it a bit. Managed to clean up the damage so it doesn't look too sh!ty at night

Just noticed that my passenger seat belt pre-tension activated as a result of the air bag deployment. The belt tightened up so much that it totally cracked some pieces off of the plastic cover. I couldn't so much as pull any slack out of the belt. I ended up removing the anchor bolt down by the floor yet still can't get the belt to operate normally. Is there anyway to release the pre-tension on the retractor??