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The side airbags in the Odyssey have a fairly rare automatic disable feature which prevents them from deploying if a passenger is sitting out of position, like leaning on the door or window.<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by moonatics:
A perfect example of a safety feature that sounds so safe yet still may injure. As a five foot tall woman, I have always been very wary of driver's side airbags due to their force when activated. They have killed short drivers. When I got my 97 Caravan, I was so excited as it was the first auto I had with airbags. Then I saw studies the following year that said my year and make of van had the most forceful and potentially deadly airbag on the road. So I spent four years barely reaching the pedals and keeping my arms outstretched as I was as far away from that steering wheel as I could be. What a relief to get the Ody and not have to be so worried about that anymore.
I have the 01, so no side bags. Since it already had the top rating for side impacts without the added bags, I feel safe. Hopefully, the 02 Ody side bags are not going to be a problem for anyone. I would hate to worry about my kids in the way I worried about myself in the Caravan. </font>
Side airbags have not been around long enough to have the wealth of data that shows how effective frontal airbags are. That is also probably why they are not mandated by law. Also see:<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Canodyssey:
I wouldn't worry about the fact that the 2001 does not have side air bags. There is no conclusive evidence that air bags save more lives than they take. The seat belt is what saves lives.</font>
My wife is five foot tall and she was injured when our 02 Odymoonatics said:A perfect example of a safety feature that sounds so safe yet still may injure. As a five foot tall woman, I have always been very wary of driver's side airbags due to their force when activated. They have killed short drivers. When I got my 97 Caravan, I was so excited as it was the first auto I had with airbags. Then I saw studies the following year that said my year and make of van had the most forceful and potentially deadly airbag on the road. So I spent four years barely reaching the pedals and keeping my arms outstretched as I was as far away from that steering wheel as I could be. What a relief to get the Ody and not have to be so worried about that anymore.
I have the 01, so no side bags. Since it already had the top rating for side impacts without the added bags, I feel safe. Hopefully, the 02 Ody side bags are not going to be a problem for anyone. I would hate to worry about my kids in the way I worried about myself in the Caravan.
I assume you've reported this to the NHTSA? If not, here's the link:ninh said:
My wife is five foot tall and she was injured when our 02 Ody
side airbags inadvertently deployed. I no longer trust the Honda airbags and Honda's concern about passenger safety. See my post at 2002 Discussion:
http://www.odyclub.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5642