air bag

[polo6n400BHP]

hi i was woundering if anyne could tell me if you can turn the passenger air bag off in a fabia vrs an if you can how do you do?.

thanks tom

[devonutopia]

You can't turn it off. Only unplug it, which brings up the airbag light on the dash. Then I'm sure you can get resistors for the plugs to make the car think the airbags are there.

[polo6n400BHP]

cheers mate its just my girlfriend was wanting the baby seat in the front seat but she will need to keep it in the back.

thanks for the info

[Rob.]

Might be worth poping down to the dealer.. I know if you bought a new one you could spec in a passanger deactivation switch.. was a key barrel in the glove box and you got a warning light on the switch bank.... might be a retro-fit-able item.

[giandougl]

Hello polo6n400BHP,

You don't say what year car you have, to pinpoint any possibilities.

I have a 2005 Fabia VRS and do have a deactivation barrel switch in the passenger glove box, as a standard fitting, for the front passenger airbag.

Looks like some models do, some don't I guess.

Personally, I would feel it safer, infant was in the back, where mum/dad could also sit to oversee child??

Good-luck. Ian. 25/07/2009 :thumbup:

[mannyo]

With the octy mk1 and no glovebox switch, it was possible for the dealer to deactivate the passenger airbag by changing a setting in the computer.