if i'm recalling correctly, on most air bag systems, there are several
"conditions" that all have to be met for the air bag to deploy....one is
vehicle speed above a certain threshold, another is a relatively "head-on"
collision......i think in regards to off road and air bags, the speed thing
is the biggie....you shouldn't be going THAT fast off-roading...


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F2BEC71.F784FE55@sympatico.ca...
> I have seen more than one TJ on the losing end of an argument with a
> tree and have never seen a bag go off.
>
> One hit was bad enough, we even phoned Chrysler to ask. They basically
> asked if we thought it was needed, we said 'no', he said 'there you go.'
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Kent wrote:
> >
> > It suddenly occured to me that I have never been offroding in a late
> > model Jeep before that has air bags. I have a 1946 Flatfender that I
> > am not sure it even came stock with a roll bar much less an air bag
> > system. I recently purchased a 2003 Rubicon and I was thinking if I
> > use the front bumper on the TJ like I use the front bumper on my 46
> > (bumping into rocks) will I set off the air bags??
> >
> > Kent