JeepinLife
Caught the Bug
Does anyone disable their airbags some how to avoid a hard impact from setting them off??
Disable airbags?
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OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
It's easier to avoid the hard impact.
10frank9
Web Wheeler
Could you explain what situation you speak of? I can't think of a reason I would want to disable them unless I've for my boy in the front seat.
JeepinLife
Caught the Bug
Yea those are all good points. I guess i'm not really sure exactly how much force it even takes to deploy one. And I believe that the sensors for them are actually toward the middle of the jeep??
JeepinLife
Caught the Bug
Guess it was a dumb question :grayno:
YKPizzaGuy
Member
Don't quote me but I think most if not all air bags deploy when there is a sudden increase in G force like from a sudden stop. Not from an impact like we see in movies.
jkmohican
New member
I heard this, but I think what the case is that when there is a sudden change in velocity, that's when their deployed. There's velocity measurement tools (I'm sure there's a big name for these) in the jeep that go off when the velocity suddenly changes.
JeepinLife
Caught the Bug
Yea definitely. Accelerometers or some sing 
mtnbiker995
New member
There's also 2 crush sensors (when they get crushed, the airbags deploy) just to the inside of each headlight. They're yellow I believe. But you have to hit something just right for a deploy...I totaled my jeep and they didn't go off
You can see the little yellow plug and little crush sensor dangling sort of by my driver side knuckle.
All fixed up now though!
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You can see the little yellow plug and little crush sensor dangling sort of by my driver side knuckle.
All fixed up now though!
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