Why are the Hyundai airbags not going off?
The airbags were programmed to not go off if children were in the front passenger seat—to prevent injury to children—but Hyundai reportedly received complaints from adults who weighed less than 130 pounds that the airbags did not deploy while they were in the front passenger seat.
What makes an air bag not deploy in a car?
For example, NHTSA said the 1999 Hyundai Sonata introduced a weight sensor designed to prevent the passenger air bag from deploying unless a weight of more than 66 pounds is detected on the passenger seat. Honda introduced a dual stage inflator in its 1999 Acura.
Is there a recall on the Hyundai Sonata?
Meanwhile, the second recall involves 2012 and 2013 Hyundai Sonata vehicles. Approximately 20,000 vehicles may contain a defect in which the side curtain airbags deploy even in situations where no collision has occurred.
Can a weight sensor prevent an air bag from deploying?
Occupant weight sensors and pattern sensors can be used to prevent an air bag from deploying at all in the presence of children.” For example, NHTSA said the 1999 Hyundai Sonata introduced a weight sensor designed to prevent the passenger air bag from deploying unless a weight of more than 66 pounds is detected on the passenger seat.
The airbags were programmed to not go off if children were in the front passenger seat—to prevent injury to children—but Hyundai reportedly received complaints from adults who weighed less than 130 pounds that the airbags did not deploy while they were in the front passenger seat.
For example, NHTSA said the 1999 Hyundai Sonata introduced a weight sensor designed to prevent the passenger air bag from deploying unless a weight of more than 66 pounds is detected on the passenger seat. Honda introduced a dual stage inflator in its 1999 Acura.
Meanwhile, the second recall involves 2012 and 2013 Hyundai Sonata vehicles. Approximately 20,000 vehicles may contain a defect in which the side curtain airbags deploy even in situations where no collision has occurred.
Occupant weight sensors and pattern sensors can be used to prevent an air bag from deploying at all in the presence of children.” For example, NHTSA said the 1999 Hyundai Sonata introduced a weight sensor designed to prevent the passenger air bag from deploying unless a weight of more than 66 pounds is detected on the passenger seat.