Airbag in door

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   How do you work on, or in an Airbag equipped door?
I'm assuming just disconnect the battery? Anyone know and have experience?

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318is-joe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Joined: 04-March-2004 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 314	Topic: Airbag in door Posted: 21-November-2005 at 09:45
	How do you work on, or in an Airbag equipped door? I'm assuming just disconnect the battery? Anyone know and have experience?

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318is-joe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Joined: 04-March-2004 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 314	Posted: 23-November-2005 at 03:56
	Come on guy's, someone must have had a go at this????

aussie840 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Skip Joined: 07-June-2003 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 251	Posted: 23-November-2005 at 05:48
	hi, normally emergency services disconnect the battery when pulling people out of crashed cars with undeployed bags... having said that newer air bag control systems have a small backup power supply in event of main battery failure... having said that you can still deploy a bag by shorting the firing squib with a drill or something like that (you occasionally hear of mobile phone / stereo installers down under with broken ear drums thinking 'oooh this pillar looks like a good place to drill to put the hands free mike or after market tweeter!) anyway hope i haven't put you off but you need to checker with the dealer on the correct procedure to safe the airbag controller. cheers skip

318is-joe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Joined: 04-March-2004 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 314	Posted: 23-November-2005 at 06:15
	Cheers Aussie

Ian :0 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 11-August-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 92	Posted: 23-November-2005 at 07:48
	Haven't got it with me at the moment (it's at home), but the Haynes manual says that you should leave the battery disconnected for around 10 minutes before starting work I think. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong ! Speaking of Haynes, I asked them why the paper is so naff and they explained that it's to keep production costs down. They went down this route having surveyed customers apparently. Ian.
	Ian