airbags did not deploy

[Robin211]

What is the name of your state? AL

My husband and I bought a brand new car about 8 months ago. Two weeks ago we were involved in a wreck where an F150 pickup truck hit us in the passenger side. Our new car was supposed to have had 6 airbags. None of the airbags deployed. The truck was going really fast. Both me and my husband received injuries.
Would we have a case against the car company?

 

[seniorjudge]

Q: Would we have a case against the car company?

A: Since you did not state that you had serious and permanent physical injuries, I would say no.

 

[Zigner]

Airbags aren't designed to deploy in EVERY crash - speak to an attorney.

 

[seniorjudge]

Airbags aren't designed to deploy in EVERY crash - speak to an attorney.

I had an accident and my airbags didn't deploy.

Who am I supposed to talk to???

 

[las365]

Who am I supposed to talk to???

It's fine to talk to yourself - as long as you don't get into an argument.

 

[seniorjudge]

It's fine to talk to yourself - as long as you don't get into an argument.

Well, you know that i do have a split personality

YOU DO NOT YOU IDIOT!

so sometimes I do get into arguments with myself!

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT IDIOT!

 

[ecmst12]

Even better, talk to the dealership first. If the crash was not at high enough speed, or the angle of impact wasn't just so, the airbags won't go off. Airbags can cause injuries themselves when they deploy, and they cost thousands of dollars to replace, so in recent years they've started designing the airbag systems to NOT deploy unless the strength of the impact is enough that the injuries by NOT deploying them would be greater then the potential for injury FROM the airbags.