Air Bag Deployment
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 249
Likes: 0
From: Waterville Ohio
Air Bag Deployment
If anybody out there knows anything about air bags, can you tell me if you have a child riding in the front seat, do they have to weigh a certain amount to activate the airbags in a crash?. This was a question from my daughter.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 5,414
Likes: 25
From: Texas
depends on the car.....
on the C5 there is no compensation for weight of the passenger.... my 02 has the ability to turn the pass airbag off with the key in the glove box... i know some of the earlier c5's did not have this option...
when my 9yr old rides with me, i turn the pass air bag off....
there is information about this in the owner's manual also
on the C5 there is no compensation for weight of the passenger.... my 02 has the ability to turn the pass airbag off with the key in the glove box... i know some of the earlier c5's did not have this option...
when my 9yr old rides with me, i turn the pass air bag off....
there is information about this in the owner's manual also
Racer
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 325
Likes: 1
From: ALABAMA ALABAMA
yes what tommie said i turn mine off when my little girl rides in my 04. theres a switch in clove box. if yours is older than like 2000 or something in that range you can add the cut of . it has been done on this forum. sorry i dont know the link ,may can search its worth it. GOOD LUCK
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 2,258
Likes: 544
From: Appleton WI
Good question from your daughter. I'm glad to hear she thinks about those types of things.
Weight sensors in seats to enable air bag deployment is a fairly new technology and as others have stated, the C5 doesn't have it. In my opinion, it is always best to have young kids ride in the back seat (obviously this can't happen in a Vette). If they do ride up front, turn off the air bag if possible, make sure seat belts are fastened, and move the seat back as far as possible.
Weight sensors in seats to enable air bag deployment is a fairly new technology and as others have stated, the C5 doesn't have it. In my opinion, it is always best to have young kids ride in the back seat (obviously this can't happen in a Vette). If they do ride up front, turn off the air bag if possible, make sure seat belts are fastened, and move the seat back as far as possible.
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,390
Likes: 24,795
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
depends on the car.....
on the C5 there is no compensation for weight of the passenger.... my 02 has the ability to turn the pass airbag off with the key in the glove box... i know some of the earlier c5's did not have this option...
when my 9yr old rides with me, i turn the pass air bag off....
there is information about this in the owner's manual also
on the C5 there is no compensation for weight of the passenger.... my 02 has the ability to turn the pass airbag off with the key in the glove box... i know some of the earlier c5's did not have this option...
when my 9yr old rides with me, i turn the pass air bag off....
there is information about this in the owner's manual also
to your daughter for asking such a good question.
