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Yeah exactly what I was looking for thanks.Not an expert in airbags
That's the rear door in a side impact crash
The white thing is an airbag coming down from above the window
Second picture shows the whole window and side of seat covered in a white cloth thing
not sure what you call them
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Glad I could helpYeah exactly what I was looking for thanks.
Ok so it's even worse than I thought Jeep needs to step their safety up and I think they will since they are being pressured by the Bronco to improve.
Due to the ridiculous 70 year old design of the Wrangler body there is nowhere to build in side curtain airbagsOk so it's even worse than I thought Jeep needs to step their safety up and I think they will since they are being pressured by the Bronco to improve.
Side airbags = deployed from the seat back, inflate between the passenger torso and the door card to mitigate side impact (I believe we have these for driver/passenger only)Due to the ridiculous 70 year old design of the Wrangler body there is nowhere to build in side curtain airbags
I didn't read the article because it was obvious from the picture.
It would need a complete redesign of the structure which would kill the whole product.
Sales are dropping since 2018 but that could be because 2018 was a new model year
While customers keep buying why change.
If they wanted to sell it on the global market they would have to change things
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That was definitely a curtain airbag as you could see it dropping from above.Side airbags = deployed from the seat back, inflate between the passenger torso and the door card to mitigate side impact (I believe we have these for driver/passenger only)
Curtain airbags = deployed from the car ceiling, inflate between passenger head and vehicle windows, mitigate side impact and window fragmentation (I understand these protect passengers in both front and rear rows)
Car Airbag: What is it and How it Works? • D S Auto
Car airbag is your first line of defence in a car crash. During a frontal collision, the car seatbelt holds you back while the car airbags inflates and cushions you from further impact.dsauto.com.my
But technically, all Wranglers are convertibles, do convertibles have curtain airbags?Ok so it's even worse than I thought Jeep needs to step their safety up and I think they will since they are being pressured by the Bronco to improve.
The new Ford Bronco does.But technically, all Wranglers are convertibles, do convertibles have curtain airbags?
scroll up and you will see the pictures I put up a couple of days ago showing the curtain airbag deployingWent to my dealer today, and I saw only the word airbag on the middle "pole" above the seatbelt of the driver (between the two doors). I don't know if this airbag exteds as well forwards as backwards, and the Hedin dealer guy didn't know it either, see picture below. Same at the passenger side of course!
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scroll up and you will see the pictures I put up a couple of days ago showing the curtain airbag deployingThanks!
Still good thinking. From the road train driver.I know a surgeon who drives the full sized Hummer , as he reckon physics is on his side (and he's seen a lot of trauma...)
Good thinking - until you meet a road train.
I recently had a high speed head-on accident and only had a front airbag. I made a textbook face plant into the airbag, with no brain damage, no concussion, no broken bones on the head, no bruising or cuts on the face (I had nasty injuries elsewhere though - only 8 broken bones, severe bruising, associated trauma, etc!). The car was destroyed and if a few things were different I would be dead.I know a surgeon who drives the full sized Hummer , as he reckon physics is on his side (and he's seen a lot of trauma...)
Good thinking - until you meet a road train.
People arm themselves with helmets, high walls , vicious dogs , guns , minders and the like to feel "safe"Not sure your surgeon mate is as safe as he thinks. I hope he never has to endure such a test, it is not fun as he sees in his job.