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Airbags and steel winchbumpers

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20 May 2012 20:42 #40813 by Dutchjimny
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Does anyone know if the airbags will still go off in an accident when hitting on your (mostly) welded on steel front winchbumper Dont really know where the impactzone is located? I think the M12 bolts are the weakest link between bumper and chassis but will they shear?

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21 May 2012 10:26 #40844 by kirkynut
I think they are activated by impact sensors and you have to have a really hard whack to set them off!

We came over this with a bit of speed and stopped with a bit of a jolt, so much so I was worried about bending the winch bumper!



The air bags did not go off, thankfully, and there was no damage to anything on the car! We got winched out backwards and the world was a happy place once again!

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21 May 2012 10:51 #40847 by adamatdraycott
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I think i read somewhere the airbags are activated by an accelerometer which is located under the trim, in front of the gear stick/under the cig lighter

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21 May 2012 11:29 #40849 by VAXXi
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Under the gear lever trim you have the airbag controller; the sensor is mounted on the body, under the cup holders trim (a small box branded "Mitsubishi").

You can see it here, behind the handbrake:

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21 May 2012 11:58 #40852 by darthloachie
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kirkynut wrote:



Kirkynut

glad its not only me that does stupid things :)

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21 May 2012 14:01 #40855 by kirkynut
Oh tell me about it! I had walked up a track which comes up behind where we had stopped in the piccie and had seen I needed to turn left at the top but then pratted about going up it in 2nd and stalling half way up when I ought to have used 1st from the outset, then the memory card in the video camera ran out so I got distracted by that and I forgot to turn left. Result: Voila!

I've got more excuses than an F1 driver!

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