Don’t let the impressive outer designs fool you. They may capture the eye of car buyers but they are also looking for actual safety provisions that new fleet models come with. And as far as the 2009 F150 is concerned, their new K-Bag feature is certainly a big boost to the popularity if this ever popular truck from Ford Motors.
The F-150 earned an IIHS “Top Safety Pick” last November and quadruple | 5-star government crash test ratings in January — making it the only full-size pickup to achieve both top crash-test ratings. Combined with the most standard safety features in the segment, the F-150 is America’s safest full-size pickup.
Among the truck’s unmatched list of advanced standard safety features is its patented “K-bag” technology, a new front seat-mounted dual-chamber side air bag named for its unique shape, which is designed to help protect the rib cage from excessive crash forces during a side impact. This air bag is supported with a state-of-the-art side crash sensing system that uses pressure pulses from the impact to deploy the air bag 30 percent faster than a conventional system.
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