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Honda Jazz airbag recall and crash
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securityguy wrote: »"Indeed. 100mph head-on impact with a van"
Indeed. A quick back of the fag packet calculation says that such an accident dissipates about 0.5MJ and exposes the occupants to at least 10g for more than 100ms. That's a vast amount of energy, and for someone who isn't wearing a HANS device and isn't in a six point harness to get away with that with only chest pain is what most people would think of as a miracle, or at the very least a testament to good engineering, good design and the wonders of finite element analysis. I remember in the 1990s, when I hung around the HPC community, being amazed at just how much computing power was being used by car manufacturers to model impacts so they could design monocoque cars which would collapse progressively so as to keep the deceleration survivable.
But not, sadly, the OP, who thinks that anything less than walking away completely uninjured from a high-energy, high-speed accident shows that Honda must be at fault. The word is "ungrateful". The compensation culture in this country is absolutely shocking.
OP, you had a massive, high energy accident. The monocoque of the car was perfectly designed to be sacrificed progressively to lengthen the deceleration pulse so that your brain didn't smash against your skull and your heart and liver stayed away from your ribcage. The airbags functioned perfectly and kept your head away from the steering wheel and the windscreen and, probably, your knees away from the structure of the car too. The pedal box collapsed so that whoever was driving didn't have their ankles broken. The seatbelt pre-tensioners kept you away from the sides of the car. All those engineers, doing their job.
And all you want to do is whine about how it was dusty and noisy and your chest hurt and can I sue Honda for doing their job so well. Your car saved your life. That was great. Stop whinging.
Get a grip. You should work for BBC drama.
OP don't expect anyone to give you the benefit of the doubt here. It's often a cesspit of vipers.0 -
Thanks, I think I have learnt my lesson. I will never venture onto this board again!0
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Thanks, I think I have learnt my lesson. I will never venture onto this board again!
You had presumed that your airbags were faulty, posters have just reassured you that the airbags in fact worked properly and your presence here is a testament to that.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
Toyota, and I would imagine many other vehicle manufacturers, have the same airbag problem. I have been waiting well over twelve months for my RAV 4 airbag to be replaced but due to the enormous number of replacements required this is constantly being postponed.
Me too, also a RAV4. Got the recall warning letter over a year ago, got 2nd identical letter around a month back.0 -
Don't be put off lorryw. Generally the guys/gals on here, can be very helpful with all sorts of problems.
Just on your topic, we received the letter for our Jazz so long ago, I had forgotten about it till reading your post!0 -
Skibunny40 wrote: »I have a Honda Jazz 55 plate, and got the airbags replaced in February, around 9 months after I got my letter. I called the local dealer when I was concerned about no further contact from Honda. Local dealer said they had been waiting to hear from me and booked me in immediately!
Honda really need to up their game if people are still only just getting letters now.0 -
Thanks, I think I have learnt my lesson. I will never venture onto this board again!0
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You dont want compensation, but you just wanted to contact them regarding replacement airbags for a vehicle you no longer own?Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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forgotmyname wrote: »You dont want compensation, but you just wanted to contact them regarding replacement airbags for a vehicle you no longer own?
Another idiot. You and securityguy are clearly incapable of reading or comprehension.Not even wrong0 -
It would be interesting to see how the investigators determine that the design defect on these inflators is to blame in crashes involving 15-year-old cars, as was the case in the most recent example in the USA.
Could it not simply be the case that, after 150% of its stated lifetime the system simply became faulty in some of these cases?
You may think it's wear and tear, fortunately Honda and the regulators don't agree.
Airbags in most vehicle are the same for the entire life of the vehicle and generally last much longer than your mentioned 10years. I like most would expect a 15-20 year old cars airbags to work like they would on a 1 year old car0
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