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i have a 03 civic ex, i was in a wreck the other day traveling about 30-40 mph upon collision it was head on, my airbag deploy symbol came on and is still on yet the airbags didn't come out, what's wrong?

 
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uh oh.... thats no good, sue honda for something like that.

 
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are you ok? btw

 
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yeah we're ok other than the fact my wife is 8 months pregnant and was driving and hit the stearing wheel which caused her to be hospitalized for 30hr. observation seeing as she was having contractions and also it was my little girl's 3rd birthday it happened on...she was in the car as well, no injury though to her. but i called the dealership about it and they claimed it didn't deploy for a number of reason's, though the ecu hasn't been checked yet, they say she was probably sitting to close to the stearing wheel and the civic is supposed to have some type of sensors that stopped it from deploying for that reason....sounds like **** to me but i don't know. i figured some other civic heads on here might know if it's true or not about these sensor's and all

 
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I could be wrong, but their explanation sounds like crap. The occupant position detection system or whatever i think only knows if you're sitting back against the back of the seat. I don't think it knows that your wife is pregnant, causing her to be closer to the wheel. Once again, I could be wrong, but in my line of work, i've seen a lot of cars deploy airbags, even with the driver damn near touching the wheel. I'd investigate this further, were I you. It could be anything from the ECU, to possibly faulty sensors in the bumper, etc. Good luck, and glad everyone made it out more or less OK.

 
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I would DEFINATLY take it to a dealer to have them check the SRS system for trouble codes before having a body shop screw with it. There is a reason they didn’t deploy and that needs to be figured out. Has the car been in a accident before?

 
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CALL AN ATTORNEY, this **** happen to a friend of mine and he took his truck to chevy to see what the fck was wrong and they were scanning the ecu and it should that it deployed whe nit really didnt ( but he was there and he new the codes b/c he has been a mechanic longer than i have been alive) so he brought that fact that he knew what it said up and chevy told him to go to a dealship and pick a truck and it was paid in full.

 
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yeah but if i take it to the dealer and something is wrong then they of course going to cover their ***, i'm sure they could probably rewrite it or something. And no it's never been in a accident, i bought it new. also the impact was even greater seeing that i had a fiberglass body kit front bumper that just shattered.

 
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yea honda will try to cover their buts... but if u go to get it checked, have someone in power with you (attorney, etc.). Because that could have cost someone their life ya know. I bet they will also tell u some BS about how the fiberglass didnt take any of the impact, and thus the sensor was not triggered, blah blah.

 
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I'll Let Ya Know The Outcome

 
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Yeah. definatly go to an attorney first. Cover your butt before they cover theirs.
Be careful driving that car too. Even a nice little bump could set that sucker off now. and coming out at 200km/h, or 200ms to full deployment. It could hurt a little.

 
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Sounds like a shitty deal. Glad your okay- and your wife too, it sounds like it could have been a lot worse.

 
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that happined to me last friday. i rear ended someone in my 03. the air bag didnt go off but i dont think i hit her hard enough.. but it needs a whole new front end... let the mods begin.