Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I T-boned a car once going at least that speed in an SUV of similar size to you. I hit the other car in a way that sent their car flying over 3 lanes. (The other driver didn’t look left before trying to turn left over a three lane street. I didn’t have enough time to avoid them). My airbags didn’t deploy either. The paramedics that came to the scene said that you have to hit the sensors perfectly. To add insult to injury, it was a brand new car. I’d only had it 6 weeks so there were no recalls or issues with it (other than it being totaled).

This is disappointing to learn.

Glad you're ok op.

You do not have to "hit the sensors perfectly" for the airbag to deploy. The sensors are measuring longitudinal and lateral acceleration and the airbags deploy based on a threshold predicted deceleration (in other words, the sensor is trying to predict how severe the crash will be based on the initial crush of the vehicle structure). If OP hit the side of a smaller car, the predicted severity for the 4runner might have been lower than the threshold severity. That said, if you really think the airbags didn't deploy and should have, the right place to file the complaint is with NHTSA: https://www.nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem#index

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I T-boned a car once going at least that speed in an SUV of similar size to you. I hit the other car in a way that sent their car flying over 3 lanes. (The other driver didn’t look left before trying to turn left over a three lane street. I didn’t have enough time to avoid them). My airbags didn’t deploy either. The paramedics that came to the scene said that you have to hit the sensors perfectly. To add insult to injury, it was a brand new car. I’d only had it 6 weeks so there were no recalls or issues with it (other than it being totaled).

This is disappointing to learn.

Glad you're ok op.

Anonymous wrote:I T-boned a car once going at least that speed in an SUV of similar size to you. I hit the other car in a way that sent their car flying over 3 lanes. (The other driver didn’t look left before trying to turn left over a three lane street. I didn’t have enough time to avoid them). My airbags didn’t deploy either. The paramedics that came to the scene said that you have to hit the sensors perfectly. To add insult to injury, it was a brand new car. I’d only had it 6 weeks so there were no recalls or issues with it (other than it being totaled).