Q: I was in an accident and my airbags did not deploy.

asked by on March 08, 2017

I had an accident in my '01 Chevy Blazer - It was totaled as it went end over end twice and ended up on the roof - I was knocked out - I have several pics of the car after the accident showing none of the airbags deployed. Do I have a case ??

My car has 110000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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