BadAV

Nope, I was concerned I had a hole in my radiator so I jumped back in the truck after I determined it was safe to drive it and headed into the town that was about 5 miles away. Wanted to make it to civilization and lights for a better look before I ran out of coolant and overheated. I did not have a leak so I finished my business and drove it 60 miles home. The deer was gone when I drove past where I hit it. The road had a huge, 10' diameter blood spot where it was lying on the highway centerline. 🤤

BadAV

5x5 🤣

BadAV

It was a relatively hard "bump" but due to the deer only weighing maybe 200 lbs, and being soft and yielding, I don't think the airbags should have deployed.

tinner1

iTrader: (7)

Glad you're ok- I'm not too far from you across 50 hiway, they are running everywhere across the hiways.They good thing is gun season starts the 11th. It's amazing how the aluminum rips.

SixShooter14

that sucks...but glad no coolant leak.

it is pretty common for deer not to trigger airbags.

BadAV

I had my father in law in the truck as well, and nobody was hurt. It was on a 2 lane, rural highway with fairly heavy commuter traffic. The deer "appeared" right at the edge of the highway. I had time to slam on the brakes and move to the left as far as I could before it stepped right in front of the truck and I centerpunched it with the right front corner of the truck.

BadAV

I was about 5 miles south of Centralia on hwy 124.

I will be out there tomorrow morning to see if I can exact a little revenge! I haven't had time to do much bowhunting and haven't gotten one yet.

tinner1

iTrader: (7)

When you get 1 that meat will taste so much better this year. Try not to pull the trigger too many times lol.

MUFFMAN

Oh deer me. That sucks.

PlasmaJab

Trick is, where's the sensor. If the impact doesn't hit the sensor, the truck is blissfully unaware that an impact might have happened. Some vehicles use multiple sensors to determine the severity of the impact to help the RCS figure out if the airbags need to be deployed or not, or which airbags to deploy.


Of course without having the truck here to actually see it.. Looks like 20k to me. Fender, fender support, wheel well liner, wiring harness, headlight assembly, looks like the rad support is damaged, hood, grille, active shutter system, rh mirror, rad valence, headlamp support bracket.