air bag deactivation

[coldo]

Hey all. I am looking to turn off the passenger airbag so I can safley put a child baby seat int he front of the car.

Is this possible and if so is it a tech2 only job?

[coldo]

strike that... just did some searching and after readingthe comments about the safty of doing this I am not goign to bother...

Baby in the back end of!

[Robsey]

In answer to your question -

Not it cannot be turned off with Tech 2.
Only a very expensive car seat from vauxhall will "disarm" the air-bag, due to the presence of transponder, which tells the air-bag ecu that there is a child seat fitted in the front seat.

Personally, I would rather throw the sprog (and child seat) into the back seat, where I could keep an eye on them via the rear view mirror.

[Big Dave]

Only a very expensive car seat from vauxhall will "disarm" the air-bag, due to the presence of transponder, which tells the air-bag ecu that there is a child seat fitted in the front seat.

And that's if the car is 'wired' up for it. It was an optional extra at cost, IIRC, and not standard fitment.