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Topic: Airbag in door
Posted By: 318is-joe
Subject: Airbag in door
Date 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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Posted By: 318is-joe
Date Posted: 23-November-2005 at 03:56
Come on guy's, someone must have had a go at this????

Posted By: aussie840
Date 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

Posted By: 318is-joe
Date Posted: 23-November-2005 at 06:15
Cheers Aussie

Posted By: Ian :0
Date 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.



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Ian


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