Disabling passenger airbag in a VW

rach83

Does anyone know if this is possible to enable the use of a rear facing baby seat?

The car is a 2001 VW Polo.

Thanks

Lyndach

We have a '98 and was told it has to be done by a VW dealership as we wanted to put the carseat in the front.

Niche

I got quoted for our 2003 golf, VW said £105+VAT.

I would think a polo would be much the same.

May have gone up as this was a approx 5 years ago.

tomstickland

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=2682890

The consensus at VWVortex is to place a four-ohm resistor on the airbag wire, taking the place of the airbag. The resistance of the airbag is 3.3-ohms... four is close enough. I'm about to remove my passenger airbag to install an larger glovebox from the '94 Jetta. My airbag is disabled via VAG-COM for my daughther anyway. So I'm not out much by removing it altogether.

Safety precautions for anyone looking to muck with airbags: 1) Always disconnect the battery before messing with airbag connections; 2) DO NOT measure the airbag resistance to confirm the 3.3-ohms mentioned above. The voltage from the multimeter could set off the airbag. I don't know how 3.3-ohms was concluded. But they say a 4-ohm resistor prevents the airbag light. I'll trust that for safety's sake. I'll know more soon.

nearlyrich

I have a Golf Plus, I just assumed there was a keyhole in the glovebox as there was in my Seat Altea, typical VW charging for thibgs you get free with other brands.

plane_boy2000

Think the key is standard now on most VAG cars, but 9 years ago that was not the case. I had the airbag in my A4 disabled for about 40 quid by the dealer - that was 6 or 7 years ago - think they told me they had to change a wiring harness and it was a 20 minute job

anewman

Get onto a VAG forum and look for someone near you who has VCDS (Vag-Com). If they know what they're doing they should be able to sort it for you in just a few minutes and for just a few beer tokens.

hethmar

My 7 months old Golf Plus has a button in the glove box.