Genesis Coupe crash/no air bags!

[gonzo]

Obviously the car has air bags but even with this substantial impact the air bags failed to deploy. Not good advertising in my book. To be fair....How many teeth does the driver still have?



Hyundai had the unfortunate chance to see how its brand new rear-wheel-drive Genesis Coupe performs in a real-world crash when a 2.0 Turbo slammed into the concrete surrounding of a metal pole somewhere in Korea. Despite the severity of the crash and as you can see in the photos that have been circulating around the Korean blogosphere the past few days, it appears that in this particular car, both the driver and front passenger airbags failed to deploy.



To be completely fair, the Coupe's front-body structure looks like it did its job by absorbing most of the energy caused from the impact, which is a good thing in the event of an accident. We're not aware of the details surrounding the crash so if any of you happen to know Korean and you've read something about it in the news, feel free to enlighten us with a comment.

[1clean335i]

looks like it held up really good structurally... the airbags not deploying is kinda of scary though.

[gonzo]

Indeed the cabin looks solid but look at the bend in the steering wheel. The driver was hauling some ass and I think their face is crushed.

[TheCyrax]

Is the steering wheel supposed to be bent all retarded-like?

[yashBMW]

NICE CAR !!!

[gshb]

Originally Posted by TheCyrax

Is the steering wheel supposed to be bent all retarded-like?

only if you do a karate head chop to it...or was it tae kwan do i cant remember...

[BoostedBMW]

Wow... that is definitely not good to see.

[madman]

Looks like the drivers head KEPT the airbag in. lol.

[MTV]

WTF happened to the steering wheel?

[ChineseGuy]

You don't need airbags

[Muffnbluff]

Originally Posted by MTV

WTF happened to the steering wheel?

Some Korean guys head.

[Spaceman Spiff]

There's no blood on the wheel. I doubt it was the driver's head!

[Scorpion]

Man, that's really bad. Let's hope nothing like that happens to us.

[amgthis]

sweet cupholders

[zzinco79]

funny that hyundai still use 1st generation airbag system for the cars in korea but they put 3rd generation airbag system for the export cars (like hyundai in europe and usa.)
1st generation airbag's quality is literally terrible. I also got into an accident in korea 2 years ago in my mom's 2006 santafe. It was a pretty big crash, but the airbag didn't blowed. They said it's because the crash occured from the side... WTF, then how come the side airbag didn't popped? ppl keep saying (maybe not you guys) that the hyundai is actually getting better quality for their products, but I completely disagreed. Hyundai (and KIA) is a biggest piece of shit. I will not buy their cars until end of my life. BTW, I'm korean.

[schnell325]

Originally Posted by zzinco79

I will not buy their cars until I want to end my life. BTW, I'm korean.

Edited for you...


I am in the same boat as you, I would not wish a Korean vehicle on my worst enemy.

[uberschnell]

Probably wasn't a strong enough impact to deploy the bags. You don't just want the airbag going off each time you bump into a car do you?










..........JK

[nmulax]

If this was a production model, there's no reason for the airbag not to deploy, but according to the Jalopnik post,

"the car was wearing a temporary plate... Since we don't really know the circumstances of the crash, we're not willing to rule out this being not a temp plate, but a manufacturers plate, meaning the car could have been a non-salable tester. Which is why we're willing to overlook for the moment a lack of airbag deployment."

[slipknot]

that car is fucked up .... hyundai , I used to like that car

[lyjw88]

http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView....A1%BE%EE%B9%E9

I found this video on Hyundai's explanation to this accident.
Basically what they are saying is that Genesis Coupe's front airbags are designed to deploy only in a head-on collision (the range is 30 degrees to the right and left).
So in this accident, the impact was out of the range so the airbag did not deploy in order to prevent the driver from getting injured from the airbag.
This is BS!!
FYI, as someone mentioned earlier, they use shitty ass airbags on domestic models (in Korea) and use the newest models on export models.

[zzinco79]

Originally Posted by lyjw88

http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView....A1%BE%EE%B9%E9

I found this video on Hyundai's explanation to this accident.
Basically what they are saying is that Genesis Coupe's front airbags are designed to deploy only in a head-on collision (the range is 30 degrees to the right and left).
So in this accident, the impact was out of the range so the airbag did not deploy in order to prevent the driver from getting injured from the airbag.
This is a BS!!
FYI, as someone mentioned earlier, they use shitty ass airbags on domestic models (in Korea) and use the newest models on export models.

what an excuse. airbag need to (must have to) deploy no matter what angle that the collision occured from . according to the news, the driver was in coma for a while. the driver was in coma because the airbag didn't deploy and they still arguing with the 30 degrees range stuff that doesn't make sense. you are right. this is BS. hyundai is not only sucks at their cars, but also sucks at their attitude. The 1st generation airbag system that I mentioned in the earier post is the same airbag system they put in hyundai's first generation sonata; It was in early 1990. almost 20 years later, they don't wanna offer the better airbag system, eventhough they already have, simply because they really enjoy ripping off their customers in korea.

ppl in korea trust hyundai's TV commercial that says "we achieved 5 starts at the crash test in USA!!" haha of course you did. you assholes used 3rd generation airbag system on that car. don't you??

[Deda]

wow,that hurts!