Re: '04 Crossfire accident
I totaled my first xf, an 06, and it was mostly front / driver's side damage. My bag worked very well. (even knocked me out like it's suppose to)
From what I have seem and read one can't look at the damage on a car and determine which bag should have come out. The senors are a lot more complicated than that. If you sustained little or no injury, I would say that your bags worked perfectly.
Something as simple as last minute corrective steering is a major input in whether one , both, or no airbags deploy. Many don't seem to know that the airbag is excessively passive and is made to deploy as an absolute last resort. I'm sure there are systems that have problems as with anything mechanical and technical. However, the very nature of the systems makes them unpredictable. My new model has the knee bags on both sides and I frankly don't ever expect to see them.
Glad you are ok and I hope you can repair it well, if that is your desire.
PP