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Wrecked Exotics Claims 2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Airbags Fail To Engage In First Real World Crash

Agent001 submitted on 11/12/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:49:11 AM

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Tag Links: 2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Airbag

Hyundai's flagship luxury coupe recently experienced its first real world crash.

The driver fell asleep and slammed into the concrete base of a lightpole. We can't verify the accuracy of this, but both passengers were apparently badly injured due to the airbags failing to deploy.

On the bright side, the crumple zone seems to have done an exceptional job protecting the cabin and absorbing much of the impact.

Special thanks to stefza for the tipoff

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Wrecked Exotics Claims 2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Airbags Fail To Engage In First Real World Crash

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This is an outside the US photo. Airbags are still optional in some parts of the world. So that might be the case here.
— commander104 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 12:04:48 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

or...this is typical hyundai with their inferior cars :)
— LexusKindaGuy12 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 12:25:08 PM | | Votes: -6

At least with a Hyundai the driver actually drives the car. Whereas in a Lexus, the car drives for you, e.g. auto parking feature.
— F1_Driver (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 2:05:39 PM | | Votes: -4

if you guys would look at the posting and then click back and see the other two photos, you'd see that in one there's a relatively clear shot inside the cabin of the car. Looks like a steering wheel with airbag unit to me....
— mscottc1 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 2:41:53 PM | | Votes: 3

Thats Top NOTCH luxuary...Watch out BMW and MBENZ
— 350zdon17 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/13/2008 11:47:49 AM | | Votes: 0

hyundai has made tremendous strides with this car. but it's no world class automobile in either quality or performance. in fact, i hear they're quite a bore to drive. no wonder the driver fell asleep.
— enthusiastx11 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 12:24:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6

when it launches here US. test drive one
you will change your thought. performance wise genesis coupe is on par with G37.
— ianjeon (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 12:34:09 PM | | Votes: -1

well it "IS" a Hyundai...sh*t.
— njsidekick3 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 12:56:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

Once a Hyundai always a Hyundai
— AudiNewEngland (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 12:57:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

Korea's cars get more stripped down options that the US Spec cars, I lived there for 14 months and rode in a lot of Korean spec cars so I know this for a fact.

And believe it or not, Hyundai's have come a long way since the days of shitty mitsu engines and econoboxes, obviously if Mitsu trusted them enough to use their engine in the EVO X and others are using a product of Hyundai and having good luck.
— 1fstmach (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 1:08:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

i think the "real news" here is that hyundai is now considered to be an "exotic"
— snatch (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 1:09:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 9

I think the car was so smart that it realized the driver was an idiot for getting behind the wheel so tired and falling asleep that it taught him a lesson and purposefully did not turn the bags on.

On a more realistic note, even in new cars like these airbags are optional features depending on where in the world you are, it cuts costs down and is not regulated by governments, hence less safety features.

Back to my earlier point, dont be fools, if your tired, don't drive. It's just as bad as drunk driving.
— Whelan (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 1:29:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

wow!
i hope they fix this problem before this thing comes to the us.

— maximafan1 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 3:30:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

This hyundai driver shouldn't feel so bad, after all, BMW's suffer from these same problems as well, and they cost thousands more!
— sector (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 4:09:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3

I'm sorry, I didn't catch that.
— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 8:11:46 PM | | Votes: 3

This hyundai driver shouldn't feel so bad, after all, BMW's suffer from these same problems as well, and they cost thousands more!
— sector (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 4:10:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4

Come again?
— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 8:12:14 PM | | Votes: 1

This hyundai driver shouldn't feel so bad, after all, BMW's suffer from these same problems as well, and they cost thousands more!
— sector (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 4:10:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4

I dare you to say that again!
— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 8:12:59 PM | | Votes: 3

This hyundai driver shouldn't feel so bad, after all, BMW's suffer from these same problems as well, and they cost thousands more!
— sector (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 4:12:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5

Wow, you called my bluff!
— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 8:14:00 PM | | Votes: 2

Did anyone think about the possibility of a driver who was not buckled up? Wouldn't the sensor tell the airbag not to deploy in that case?
— Dustbuster (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 4:31:20 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

Could well be the case........
— Styles79 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 5:06:42 PM | | Votes: 5

screw minor details, this is more fun!
— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 8:15:23 PM | | Votes: -1

like mscottc1 said, "if you guys would look at the posting and then click back and see the other two photos, you'd see that in one there's a relatively clear shot inside the cabin of the car. Looks like a steering wheel with airbag unit to me...."

It's amazing how much bigotry is still present amongst you "enthusiasts." It applies to the person who posted this article without much consideration. This sort of reproach should not be tolerated at Autospies.com. I hope you are listening agents!!!!!!
— postpet04 (View Profile)

Posted on 11/12/2008 8:25:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

The only reason why I posted this to autopsies is not to bash Hyundai in any way. I would have done the same even if it was a car I liked. Sure, airbags don't always go off, but this car is brand new, the crash was head on and the occupants could have escaped some injury.

I am not trying to scare buyers, rather wait for euroncap / iihs crash testing before purchasing this vehicle, maybe there is a problem that needs to be addressed, maybe not.

I would expect people to raise issues like this, can make the difference between life and death and that's no joke, not for me at least.
— stefza (View Profile)

Posted on 11/13/2008 1:52:48 AM | | Votes: 1

huck the fyundai genesis. wait that wont work cus hyundais arent that fun or cool.
guck the fenesis. that sounds better.

hyundai is just another lame korean brand who can sell everything so cheap because Korea is just like China and Japan who devalue their own currency so they can sell more stuff in america.
— BMWpride (View Profile)

Posted on 11/14/2008 2:54:03 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

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