how to disconnect the passenger airbag?

[stupot]

Alreet lads does anyone know how to disconnect the passenger airbag?, the cars a 98 1.8 16v, the reason is I am tyring to fit a baby seat in the front and I need to disconnect the airbag, I have disconnected the orange wire under the seat and this has brought up a warning light on dash, all I need to know is that has this disconnected the airbag?

cheers
stu

[teamster1975]

Welcome Stu!
I'm guessing you've disconnected the seat belt pre-tensioner which will show the Airbag light. (Ironically most of us have had to cure bad connections on that plug! )
You'll have to disconnect the plug going to the airbag unit itself; I don't know of anyone that has done this but there have been posts in the past about removing the passenger airbag cover; that might be a good starting point.

[stupot]

The only reason I am asking is that the car seat I ve got does nt fit the 406 rear seats, but I think on the side of caution I am just gonna get a new seat that fits the rear seats better, that bugger is the car seat is a brttiax and is only a month old, but I can t be sure the airbags off

[DaiRees]

Isn't there a key switch in the centre console by the handbrake? Or is that only on D9s? Can't remember whether my D8 had it?

[teamster1975]

It was only the D9's that had an override Dai