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Turning off the ignition may deactivate your airbags* which could make a bad situation worse.You would be much better off attempting to shift your car into Neut
by fr0sty 11y ago
Turning off the ignition may deactivate your airbags* which could make a bad situation worse.You would be much better off attempting to shift your car into Neutral first.
* This was what made the GM Ingnition switch problem so deadly. The engine shut off (taking power steering and vaccuum-assist braking with it) and the airbags deactivated making any subsequent crash less survivable.
- jessaustin 11y agoYou're right that shifting is better. That is a pretty terrible failure mode for airbags, however. How much would it cost to put a big reliable capacitor in the airbag circuit, to keep the power on for 30 seconds? A dollar?