Yaris vs Chevy (Pics inside!)

[WRBlue]

Originally Posted by Yaris Revenge

Surely that's not the way it works??? They show airbag deployments all the time, and never have I seen one bust out a windshield, or even touch it.

Thats the way GM designed a bunch of cars, the pass airbag deploys from the top of the dash.

Look at the picture again:


The point of impact was the corner of the airbag cover. Its not the airbag perse that breaks the windshield, but the much harder, very stiff airbag cover.

Walk around a junkyard sometime, LOTS of family sedans have broken windows from the airbag cover ;)

[Yaris Revenge]

Originally Posted by WRBlue

Thats the way GM designed a bunch of cars, the pass airbag deploys from the top of the dash.

Look at the picture again:


The point of impact was the corner of the airbag cover. Its not the airbag perse that breaks the windshield, but the much harder, very stiff airbag cover.

Walk around a junkyard sometime, LOTS of family sedans have broken windows from the airbag cover ;)

Holy crap, you're right. What stupid engineering! They probably do that on purpose. If airbags are deployed, chances are there's going to be an insurance claim coming anyway, might as well milk it!

Just one more reason not to get involved with GM.

~YR