Knee airbags: Affordable cars like the Dodge Dart, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Buick Verano and a whole slew of Chevrolets (like the Spark, Sonic, Impala, Malibu and Cruze) are offering 10 standard ...

But their presence alone hasn’t always guaranteed crashworthiness credentials: In the early days of curtain airbags, some models thus equipped still fared poorly in side-impact crash tests by IIHS.

Toyota and Lexus are recalling 49,000 cars, including 2016 Toyota Prius hybrids, 2016 Lexus RX SUVs and 2015-2016 Lexus NX hybrids because some airbags might not deploy in the event of a crash, p ...

Picture yourself driving down a familiar road when, out of nowhere, your side curtain airbags deploy. There’s no accident, no strange potholes in the road, and no bevy of lights on in the dash.

In a crash or a vehicle rollover, side curtain airbags deploy to cover the side window opening. They can help prevent an occupant from striking the window glass or parts of the door.

Honda's refreshed 2014 Odyssey (now with 100-percent more vacuum power!) launched last year, but is now being called back for issues related to the side curtain airbags. According to Honda, 24,889 ...

Rainer Hoffmann, Dirk Ulrich, Jean-Baptiste Protard, Harald Wester, Norbert Jaehn, Thomas Scharnhorst, Finite Element Analysis of Occupant Restraint System Interaction with PAM-CRASH, SAE Transactions ...