Well i wrecked my itr the other week the car got totaled from hitting an embackment while taking a big turn from on coming car blinding me. los control and you know the rest. well the car pretty much got totalled and only the pass. air bag deployed, do you guys think theres a case? ill try to get pics. the car was completely stock except for a carbon fiber hood and some spoon aports items.

 

Damn sorry to hear that, have any before and after pictures of the accident? Seems like there might be a case if you were injured and can prove the injuries were from the accident in result of the airbag NOT deploying. But other then that now.

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What's that??

And what year and #ITR was it? (for Doespike)

Good luck with anything, give us the rest of the story, did the guy/girl stop? What's on the police report?

 

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And what year and #ITR was it? (for Doespike)</TD></TR></TABLE>
think that guy can get my badge # still?

 

Haha, I forgot all about it, PM him with as much information as possible about the car, he's very trustworthy and a cool guy, I'm pretty sure 99.9% of the :locals" here in the forum will say the same.

 

i think he ment spoon sports

you have no case- unless you have mega bucks to invest..
sorry about your ruck

 

That sucks dude!

 

What case are you referring to? battle with insurance?

 

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you have no case- unless you have mega bucks to invest..
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not necessarily true...my friend's mom hit a deer with her bmw 5 series years ago...the airbags did not deploy...bmw gave her i think 50k and a new car for it...she did crack a rib though...she didnt need a lawyer or anything

 

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not necessarily true...my friend's mom hit a deer with her bmw 5 series years ago...the airbags did not deploy...bmw gave her i think 50k and a new car for it...she did crack a rib though...she didnt need a lawyer or anything</TD></TR></TABLE>

She probably didn't modify her car either. Honda will try to blame him for disconnecting a sensor, or switching the stock wheel on from any aftermarket one, etc. I would if I were them.

 

she had a k20R swap with itb'z, rota rims, and a jdm ***** pink nardi steering wheel y0!!1!

 

"acura consumer affair itr" WTH does this mean???

 

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He wants to sue Acura for his airbag not deploying.

 

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He wants to sue Acura for his airbag not deploying.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I see.

Were there any injuries sustained that would have been prevented by deployment of the airbag?

 

How is Acura liable for a car that's well out of warranty?

 

WELL I HAD MY FRONT TEETH CHIPPED AND SOME STITCHES ABOVE MY EYE AND A BROKEN NOSE. ILL TRY TO GET PICS OF THE CAR. AS FAR AS THE SPOON ITEMS THEY WERE ONLY HOSES, AIR CLEANER AND STRUTS. THE INSURANCE PAID FOR ALL OF IT.

 

SPOON SPORTS, YEAR 2001 30k MI NOT SURE OF NUMBER BUT IT WAS LIKE 954?

 

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hell.. the airbag actually deploying probably would've given you that..

 

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hell.. the airbag actually deploying probably would've given you that..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, its like a good dead center hit from a professional boxer.

Not sure if you have a case though, the airbag system is very complicated and unless you can prove that a fault actually happened (not sure if the Honda SRS system from the Integra has a data recorder) but you'd need to be able to prove that, and have a buttload of money to just throw away.

 

So leads me to wonder something.....

If you were in an accident in a usdm R with a jdm SRS ITR steering wheel, in the event that you were seriuosly injured bc the equipment didn't work properly would you have a case?

Yes its oem equipment, but whats to say it was working when you bought it you know? You have no way of actually knowing?

 

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I disagree.
(1) It had been "tampered" with and (2) it was not USDM OEM and would not necessarily comply with US regs.

Furthermore, its entirely possible that under the stated circumstances that even a completely stock system would not have deployed the driver's side bag.

Furthermore, it seemed that you'd said the passenger side bag did deploy, so if you'd left everything alone ...

Oh, by the way, isn't it illegal to messing with the airbags w/o a waiver from DOT?

... yeah, you've got a case if you want to pay a lawyer!

 

LOL ^^

 

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Furthermore, it seemed that you'd said the passenger side bag did deploy, so if you'd left everything alone ...

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I don't think the OP ever said he had a JDM SRS steering wheel. I think Jon D was just asking a hypothetical question.

 

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LOL! &lt;not&gt;

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I don't think the OP ever said he had a JDM SRS steering wheel. I think Jon D was just asking a hypothetical question.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I realised that after I posted, but I still answered the "hypothetical" question, as well as some additional considerations.

 

LIKE I SAID THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY STOCK HAVENT TAMPERED WITH ANY THING, NO SRS WAS ON WHILE CAR WAS DRVEN.

 

The steering wheel is not OE, or even oem for this market. You'd have no chance in court.