at what speed does the 2012 suburban k1500 front airbags deploy?
Asked by sherryb3465 Sep 17, 2012 at 02:56 PM about the 2012 Chevrolet Suburban 1500 LT 4WD
Question type: General
2012 chevy k1500 suburban was involved in a front end collision and the airbags did not deploy-at what speed are they supposed to?
4 Answers
There is no set speed for the airbags to go off, it's more to do wiih what the sensors record at the moment of impact and if that impact is hard enough to trigger the airbags and the crumple zones are not enough the protect the occupants from harm.
dariue is correct . speed dose not determin the deployment. impact force dose simply stated if you were parked and you were hit your air bag could deploy
I thought at one time it was set at 5 mph, but it may have changed over the years. Then we are dealing with on old memory here that should or had his air bags deployed long ago.
Frontal air bags are generally designed to deploy in "moderate to severe" frontal or near-frontal crashes, which are defined as crashes that are equivalent to hitting a solid, fixed barrier at 8 to 14 mph or higher. (This would be equivalent to striking a parked car of similar size at about 16 to 28 mph or higher.)
