Passenger airbag

**Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:27 pm **Posts:** 5

Hello

I've got a 96 323f 1.8 executive, wife is about to drop 1st child.....I need to disable the passenger airbag...can you ?

Thanks for any help

John

**Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:50 pm

Welcome to the club

sorry dont know how to or if you can disarm them, but you could always put your wife in the back

**Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:03 pm

I think he means for when you want to put a rear facing child seat on the front seat - you don't want the air bag going off and hitting the the back of the child seat.

Mark

**Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:27 pm **Posts:** 5

That's the one

**Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:59 pm

ahhh I see lol, ohh well It was worth a try

**Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:20 pm

would it fail the MOT if you did?

:wink:

**Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:27 pm **Posts:** 5

No, its not a requirement of the MOT, loads of other manufacturers have a system to switch off the passenger air bag......the later models of 323 have a sensor in the seat, you have to buy mazda's own child car seat which switches off the air bag.

There must be a way.....

**Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:31 pm

i thought it was illegal to have a child car seat in the front seat? or am i just wrong

**Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:46 pm

Sorry Dai - you're wrong.

Mark

**Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:50 pm

lucky i aint got kids then!!!

**Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:23 pm

I suggest you phone a Mazda Dealer - probably the best option, am sure there will be a safety turn off switch somewhere for when you are working near the impact zones, ie repairing or refitting. Cos you wouldnt want it to go off by accident now would you

**Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:27 pm **Posts:** 5

Contacted Mazda....

I have to buy a Mazda baby car seat which has a "thing" in it which switches off the air bag....

They will switch it off but I have to get a leagal document stating I'm an idiot (or words to that effect) before they'll touch it.

The bloke did say you could just pull out a connector but if I had a crash and the insurance company found they would remove my testies !

John

**Posted:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:42 pm

But if you had a crash and the airbag injured you're kid......

There's got to be a way through this - I don't have to worry about it YET, but will be handy to know.

Mark

**Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:27 pm **Posts:** 5

The Mazda answer is to buy a Mazda car seat......

Trouble is I've allready got a non-mazda one.....kid in the back then

Peugeot's have a key'd lock (much the same as the child lock on the door) which you can switch it off/on....trouble is I don't like peugeot's :lol:

John

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