I noticed that to Ben. That's actually the first thing that caught my eye. Very interesting......Guarantee Im the only one who noticed this...
But I thought it was interesting how on double cab and regular cab HD trucks, they now get a dual-stage passenger side airbag, with smart passenger sensing system...just like the half tons. Driver side airbag is still single stage.
Crew cab HD's get single-stage driver and passenger airbags and no passenger sensing system, like before.
So the double cab and regular cab HD's get a sort of "hybrid half ton/HD" SIR system. Dual stage with smart passenger sensing on the passenger side, single stage on driver side.
(on the half tons, the driver side is also dual-stage, with a seat position sensor to de-power the airbag if the driver is sitting close or judges to be shorter)
Up until now, from 2001-2016, all HD's have always had the "dumber" airbag system with driver and passenger single stage airbags, and no smart passenger sensing system....the HD extended cabs and regular cabs just got the manual passenger airbag de-activation key switch.
I wonder why? It certainly wasnt for cost savings...having two different airbag systems, wiring, calibrations, R&D, etc for double-cab/regular cab and crew cab. Maybe GM felt not enough people were educated/aware of the manual deactivation switch, and small children were being injured in the passenger seat of regular/extended cab HD's????
Anyway, I thought that was interesting. Too bad Ill never be able to get a real answer, unless someone knows an engineer at GM Safety/Restraints. "NassDmax" over on diesel place works there, but I havent seen him active in a long time.
Ben
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