airbag help

ohnosho94 · 09-30-2007, 05:35 PM

does anyone know how i can disable or kill the passenerg side airbag on my 94 SHO? It keeps beeping periodically after the car has been turned off and after a few days it will kill my battery. I only drive it back and forth to work Mon-Fri, so i dont want to waste any money on it trying to have it fixed. Is there a fuse or sensor or anything that i can take out? thanks for your help!

**Midnight Tech** · 09-30-2007, 06:08 PM

To the best of my knowledge, there is no way to disable an airbag unless there is a factory switch to do so. If it is disconnected, it's still gonna beep and give you a SRS warning, so it'd be best to see about getting it fixed properly.
Legal issues will also arise, as well as insurance ones..e.g., you could get sued if someone rides and gets injured.
Also, from the NHTSA website...

Quote:

Considering whether to disconnect the passenger air bag

If the vehicle is to be used to carry adults only, there is no reason to consider disconnecting the air bag. The air bags are proving to be effective for adult passengers. With the exception of a woman in her 90's, no adult passenger is known to have been killed by an air bag. In all but the rarest circumstances, an adult passenger would be able to position the seat far enough away from the dash to obtain the benefit of the air bag without the risks. Even in the case of vehicles with bench seats operated by small drivers, the passenger seat would be far enough from the air bag to give a belted passenger adequate distance from the air bag.

If the vehicle is used to transport children under twelve, the government's recommendation is that they should ride in the rear seat wherever possible. Placing children in the rear seat will completely eliminate any risk from the air bag and make deactivation unnecessary. If for any reason you must carry a child (other than an infant) in the front seat, make sure that the child is securely buckled in a restraint appropriate for the child's size and age, move the seat back as far as possible, and make sure that the child sits back against the seat.(1) Although there are no verified reports of fatal injuries to belted children who were sitting back in the seat at the moment of impact, parents should be aware that there may still be a risk to a restrained child, since children tend to move around (adjusting the radio, reaching for a soda, etc.) even when they are restrained. Parents should decide whether to deactivate the air bag in the light of this information.

Under NO circumstances should an infant be carried on the front seat in a rear-facing infant seat unless the air bag is deactivated. In a rear-facing seat, an infant's head would be very close to the inflating air bag. The risk of serious or fatal injury is very high. If it is not feasible to carry an infant in the rear seat, either because the vehicle lacks a rear seat or because of a medical condition that requires constant attention, the air bag should be deactivated. Do not attempt to turn a rear-facing infant seat around or carry an infant under 20 pounds in any forward-facing seat.

How to disconnect an air bag

Deactivating an air bag can be dangerous. It should not be attempted by anyone but a qualified mechanic. Although Federal regulations now permit dealers and motor vehicle repair businesses to disconnect air bags, NHTSA strongly discourages disabling except in special circumstances, since air bags used with safety belts almost always provide better protection than safety belts alone.

Link to NHTSA

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ohnosho94 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3 OS: xp	airbag help does anyone know how i can disable or kill the passenerg side airbag on my 94 SHO? It keeps beeping periodically after the car has been turned off and after a few days it will kill my battery. I only drive it back and forth to work Mon-Fri, so i dont want to waste any money on it trying to have it fixed. Is there a fuse or sensor or anything that i can take out? thanks for your help!