Spontaneous Airbag Deployment while Drifting

GM's official position, "Don't drive aggressively in your Camaro."......Blasphemy. GM's Alan Adler said this:

It is unusual to have this occur. However, it is possible for a driver to create conditions where the air bag sensors believe a rollover is imminent. This can lead to an unwanted air bag deployment. On rollover side curtain bags, the vehicle's rollover sensing system is looking for a certain set of factors that "predict" a vehicle is going to roll over. The airbag system cannot wait until it is too late to deploy the airbags. Drifting or creating a situation that has a certain combination of speed and vehicle angle can lead to an unwanted air bag deployment.

So if I drive My new Camaro the way it was intended and advertised, GM will kill me with fire?

Paul Beiswenger with Lopez Tires and E&A Autosport got a big surprise while drifting at Milan Dragway in Milan MI. The passenger suffered burns on her right arm.

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[alan1320x]

Would you buy a Camaro if you knew it would cost you $5000 to replace the side airbags if you did a doughnut?

Also airbag deployment is a big no-no, as far as vehicle history goes. This Camaro, without ever impacting anything if sold used, might as well have been crashed.

Imagine explaining to the potential buyer, "Yeah. the airbags went off, but it's never been wrecked."

Don't buy a Chevy until GM fixes this!

[tehjeffman]

This is not drifting, this i failing at donuts.

[PerformanceCars1FCH1]

I dont get it Car companies now seem to maker performance cars and anticipate that you wont hot rod them? Same goes for the GT-R and that transmition launch controll BS.

[kmvtcamera]

actually they had a recall on certain camaros, and the side airbags is only 495$ (head curtain airbags), the sensors are still good, and the crash computer is still good (unless you actually crashed it) so $5000 gets you a whole knew crash protection system (sensors, computer, and airbags) for about 500-600$ you can replace the curtain airbags

[dominousunrise1]

american quality:)

[mrrodneyalong]

Disconnect the airbags with the battery disconnect then jump the connecter terminals with a 2ohm 1 watt resister. reconnect the battery. This with make the computer think the bags are still hooked up and will not turn the airbag problem light on. I have done this to my cars and i tell the people that ride with me about it and if i resale the cars i will reconnect the airbags. The Airbag is a safety device that has been forced upon us that can and has killed when it malfunctions.

[meifert2]

WOW.....just another issue with these ugly piece of shit Obama Mobiles.

[mph4701]

GM (Government Motors) taking things one step further by providing protection nobody asked for. So instead of side curtain airbags they could be called "Just in case it seems like you may possibly roll over airbags" Good thing there is a video of this and evidence that GM fails to warranty what is obviously a vehicle defect.

[daredevil7442]

chevy sucks....they should of warrantied the airbags.

[thebest4s]

If the side airbags activated properly the seat airbags should have done their job too!! That means this thing happened from the faulty system.

[tinleo333]

what can you expect is a GM

GM cars=electrical nightmare

[45Shallon]

all them red necks, and no one has a knife..... wow

[ggtontoyono]

GM Quality