flatso

I heard you can get some pretty nasty burns from an airbag is that true?

oxyg2n

i rather get minor burns than getting glass fragments in my eye and be blind for the rest of my life! or imagine my head meeting the grill, i mean my face would look like a waffle..that is if im still alive.......

opchee

Well, you can actually see it online! :D I just went looking, and found the whole segment on Dateline NBC's website!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4759206/

go here, then click on the Free Video on the top left of the page. It'll show you that whole 7 mins segment in pretty decent streaming quality. There are some great split screens showing the difference between having and not having SAB in these crashes.
The take home message from the segment is if a mid-size 4 door sedan without SAB is T-boned by an SUV/truck at speeds of 31mph or more, the driver/passengers sitting at the impact side would most likely die.

Aesculapius

New Info!

The front impact ratings are in:

Driver: 4 stars
Passenger: 5 stars!!!

Here's the link:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/3005.html

zoom44

thanks! where is the page for comparisons?

medcina

Comparisons within its class though it looks like they haven't updated it with the frontal tests yet:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/2004Cmpt.html