It was a sad day on Saturday when I ended up putting my MY11 FL2 into the rear of a Mazda 3 at some pace:

The outcome has some good, some bad and some ugly.....

The some ugly first... well the Mazda 3 ended up looking like a Mazda 1 - ouch
The some good... well the Freelander didn't look that bad, but it is and impact wise it was a very safe and trusty sole under the circumstance
The bad... the passenger airbag did deploy (yet no one was in the passenger seat) but the driver steering wheel and knee bag DID NOT deploy ! I hit the other car square on so no offset at about 50km/h.

I have contacted the dealer and LRA who said this could be a problem... so they have sent a tech to the smash repairer to download data as I have asked for a detailed explanation as to why it did not deploy.....

Even though I don't intend to stuff up again like this, I would like to know that the airbags in fact will work... something we take for granted.

Anyway.. I miss my toy...and could be up to 2 months !!

Interesting (and sorry to hear of your loss)!

Do report back on whatever you get back from LR. 1st time FL2 owner. 2007 SE i6 in Tambora Flame.

Not good that things didn't work when you needed them

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In the UK after a crunch where airbags deploy you have to get ready for the insurance to write the car off. Friends of mine run a large main dealer body repair shop with regular contract repairs for major insurance companies and its rare for the insurers to pay out for a new dash and bags and the high labour content. The cars get re-directed to salvage auctions and finally Ebay even though theres nothing really technically wrong with the car. 2010GS Auto ex Celeb, Santorini Black, 2011 facelift , spoiler, spats, mudflaps, LED footwell lamps, Witter detach,
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Sorry to hear about crump. Airbag deployment may be suspect but if you walked away unscathed then I would not worry too much, Airbag systems are esentially explosive charges hurling muck and rubbish about which have casued burns or injuries themselves - for example you might get your glases pushed into your eyes by an airgbag - better than hitting the wheel perhaps - but they are not benign devices. So if you didn't need em to fire then that may be a result.
Hope you get mobile again soon.
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You'll not know without the data.

It may well be that the criteria for deployment is different depending on the side of the car as the space you throw forward into during a forward impact is different between each side of the car ?

Did you have anything on the passenger seat at the time? I know it can sense a few books or whatever, doesnt explain the drivers didnt deploy though unless your seat sensor isnt working? Does the drivers side have a seat sensor even?

MG : I think there is no sensor on drivers seat - there is quite high probability that there will be someone who is driving the car in the moment of crash

It's a bit worrying that the drivers side airbag did not fire unless the pass airbag was faulty. The airbag system is not 'smart' and as such the drivers side should have fired.

Please keep us informed of future findings

This could lead to a recall Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Air bag deployment sensors are genraly mounted beteen the gear lever and the bulk head,As far as i know they should activate both air bags unless the passanger side is turned off but what i will say after spending over 20 years working in body shops they far from alway go off when they should.
I would say about 50% work as they should,Ive had to work on many cars that have needed a lot hours on the jig but not needed air bags.
Somthing you should check is the seat belt pretensioners,These are not conected to the air bags in anyway so could of been activated.
Look at the catch between the seats where you push the belt in,If they have gone off and there was only the driver in the car one will stick up higher than the other.
As regards A post and seat air bag activation sensors i have no idea,As already said by the time you have had to price air bags dash boards seat pretentioners seat A post air bags sensors and labour on top of the damage its self the cars dead.
Ive seen cars that have a bit of suspention damage that need very little but fired everything off and the cars been beyond economical repair.

if its a one off, i think they'll

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steve t wrote:

Air bag deployment sensors are genraly mounted beteen the gear lever and the bulk head

I think this is the correct way to deploy the drivers air bag

http://youtu.be/IMOsw2M9LbQ

...or this way....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAhYxtRLW8g John
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