Turn off Passenger air bag - any way / hack?

[sssstew]

Is there anyway to turn off the passenger Air bag on the Mk3 Ibiza, as it doesnt have any convenient method like modern cars?

Wondering about a VAG COM hack or something?

Any ideas? of even if it would be legal or insurance implications.....

 

[m0rk]

Disconnect it....

Then pull the bulb out of the holder

 

[blackturbo]

Thats one way to get rid of the mrs lol!

 

[sssstew]

whats involved in disconnection mark?

 

[didgy2]

only legal way is to have the dealer put a resister in and they register it with seat.You then have to sign a disclaimer saying you wanted this done.
if you take out the bulb how do you know when the other ones fail,i thought a light on ment that no air bags will go off??

 

[sssstew]

Thats one way to get rid of the mrs lol!

hehe... its for the possibility of putting a baby seat in the front, as the chuffin ibizas have NOOOO leg room in the back so the base for our child seat means the seat has to go way forward. grrr.

thanks for the info didgy. that sounds expensive if its dealer based.

 

[didgy2]

i think it was £115 all in.make sure you try the car seat in the front first,ibiza has quite short seat belts in front

 

[m0rk]

whats involved in disconnection mark?

Pull a plug.... as stated - if you want the others to work, put the right value resistor across it (v easy to do)

Clearly not worth £115 to o it, there's no reason why SEAT have to log it, or why disconnecting it is illegal

 

[TheOtherSimon]

To put a child in a rear facing baby seat in the front seat of a car with passenger airbags will be an illegal act from September. http://www.childcarseats.org.uk/law/fromseptember06.htm

That said, allowing a passenger to sit in the front seat of a care with the passenger airbag disabled will invalidate your insurance, unless you have already told them. This is why SEAT want to log it, so they don't get sued by the insurance company.

If the airbag system has logged a fault (and lit the light) it may decide to stop working - there are a number of types of airbag controller which turn themselves off in response to a fault. And that will also get you into trouble with your insurance company.

Simon.

 

[TimD]

Pull a plug.... as stated - if you want the others to work, put the right value resistor across it (v easy to do)

Clearly not worth £115 to o it, there's no reason why SEAT have to log it, or why disconnecting it is illegal

I could do with know what resistor needs to go across the connectors under the seats, any advise how i would find that out?

Sorry for hijacking.

 

[sssstew]

ahh so its the connectors under the front seats then is it tim?

theothersimon - "To put a child in a rear facing baby seat in the front seat of a car with passenger airbags will be an illegal act from September"

so is it illegal if the airbag has been disconnected though?

 

[TheOtherSimon]

I could do with know what resistor needs to go across the connectors under the seats, any advise how i would find that out?

Seat will sell you the kit (of a resistor plug and warning sticker), if they don't VW will... It was about a tenner for my Mk3 Golf.

Simon.

 

[sssstew]

interesting to know simon, cheers buddy

 

[TimD]

Excellent simon, thanks alot!