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"tests on the airbags of Daihatsu Move/Subaru Stella, Daihatsu Cast/Toyota Pixis Joy, Daihatsu Gran Max/Toyota Town Ace/Mazda Bongo revealed the irregularity th

• SoftTalker 3y ago
  But what does that mean? Was it a prototype because the production model wasn't ready yet? Was it hand-built as opposed to "mass produced" but presumed and intended to be functionally identical, or was it intentionally different for the purpose of passing the test, knowing that the actual computer would not?
  • numpad0 3y ago
    They built ceritifcation specials to pass tests. Which means the devices under test were not representative of mass produced examples. Specifically they flashed some custom ROM on a airbag computer so it auto-deploys at scheduled T+ time from the beginning of a test run. That's kind of a huge deal because we wouldn't know if airbag is going to deploy in real crashes. Other tampering includes ignoring requirement that crashes must also unlock front doors, reporting numbers from a note hidden in palm while the test is running instead of from gauges, so on and so forth.