Watch A Camaro ZL1's Airbags Unexpectedly Deploy On Track
It was supposed to be a fun day out at Driveway Austin for this Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 driver, but unfortunately, the car had other ideas. After taking a little to much kerb just around the 1min 38sec mark of the above video, the driver received a nasty surprise: the curtain airbags on either side of the car fired.
The airbags deployed after the car seemed to hop off the kerb and back onto the track, so it’s possible the car was anticipating a rollover. The driver was visibly shaken by the ordeal, but other than a minor cut was not injured.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a Camaro ZL1’s curtain airbags suffer an unwanted deployment. The same thing happened to a YouTuber’s modified example last year, and at the time, it was speculated that it was down to an aftermarket exhaust with a diverter pipe located right near the airbag sensor.
Source: R Stands For Race via Motor 1
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The safety systems were probably just being cautious. In case, say, the ignition went off..
My first track day was at Driveway Austin. Good fun!
And next week on racing with one hand: driving with no hand
See the YouTube description.
Remind me this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NYUbwdNw-o
That’s a problem with the Camaro, The sensors for them are at the bottom of doors, meaning any vibration or hard enough jolt sends them off. Same kind of ordeal if y’all remember the video about a guy’s new exhaust setting them off.
I hope he recovers that arm
Dont ever go to track days if your arm is paralysed lol
Ah chevys
The thumbnail says “ouch”
Am I the only one who finds his one handed driving on a track alarming?