# Used car or truck purchase **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-car-or-truck-purchase/103825 "2017-05-12T01:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-car-or-truck-purchase/103825/14 "2017-05-13T06:50:04Z")
Basic thing, air bags to not deploy for a rear end collision, but rear ended then causing a front collision caused the airbags to deploy (ps formerly waterboy due to inability to keep my name in previous website iterations as seen in this topic) > [@Air bag didn't deploy--should I be concerned?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-bag-didnt-deploy-should-i-be-concerned/68114): > > A few years ago I bought a used 2006 Toyota Rav4. I was rear ended in 2010 and my air bag did not deploy. Only damage was to back bumper. Yesterday I was again rear ended. I am guessing the only problem will be a damaged bumper, but once again the air bag did not deploy. This time I had an elderly couple in my car and both said the impact was hard enough that my air bags should have deployed. No one was hurt. How much force does it take to make the air bags deploy? Should I be concerne… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-car-or-truck-purchase/103825)._