Anyone replaced seat airbag?

chrisw

I've replaced a broken passenger seat in my wife's Peugeot 206 cc but the replacement has had the airbag deployed. My plan is to swap over the airbags but I can't for the life of me see how to get the unit out of the seat.

It's not part of the seat but a separate plastic pod set within the seat fabric. I've unbolted it from the frame and it looks as though it should pull out but the seat material is trapped between the unit and a top plastic cover. I suspect it might pop apart into 2 halves somehow but don't want to force it.

Has anyone tried to replace one?

Failing that, is it possible to get the car coded to recognise all but that airbag to put the dash light out?

Thanks.

s_b

are you mad?
why would you buy a seat where airbag deployed,its surely put undue stresses on all mounting points on seat when it went off
heres an airbag i fired earlier this year

left click the picture

no you cant get this seat part turned off
for the sake of future claims buy a proper seat

astgte

s_b wrote: »

are you mad?
why would you buy a seat where airbag deployed,its surely put undue stresses on all mounting points on seat when it went off
heres an airbag i fired earlier this year

left click the picture

no you cant get this seat part turned off
for the sake of future claims buy a proper seat

but but, you could save thruppence:(

:rotfl::T

johnnyroper

s_b wrote: »

are you mad?
why would you buy a seat where airbag deployed,its surely put undue stresses on all mounting points on seat when it went off
heres an airbag i fired earlier this year





left click the picture

no you cant get this seat part turned off
for the sake of future claims buy a proper seat

what a load of rubbish they are designed to have the airbag unit itself replaced in the event of deployment and not the complete seat assembly.I know this from experience of having to change them when i worked at vauxhall.

not 100% but i think there is a plastic trim that holds cloth on to airbag assembly,can you use the old broken seat as a guinea pig to work out how it comes off?

s_b

johnnyroper wrote: »

what a load of rubbish they are designed to have the airbag unit itself replaced in the event of deployment and not the complete seat assembly.I know this from experience of having to change them when i worked at vauxhall.

not 100% but i think there is a plastic trim that holds cloth on to airbag assembly,can you use the old broken seat as a guinea pig to work out how it comes off?

No way would a dealer change a side airbag in a car that had been swiped as apart from anything else the insurance company wouldnt allow it.
For your information mr know nothing BSI industry recommendation is that all the airbag loom is replaced too due to burning of plugs on activation
You obviously worked where best practise was ignored and safety of occupants of cars was disregarded because there is no way a tech in a vauxhall dealer would know how to sew up the side of a seat bolster after an airbag had gone off
do not try and insult my intelligence

chrisw

s_b wrote: »

are you mad?
why would you buy a seat where airbag deployed,its surely put undue stresses on all mounting points on seat when it went off
heres an airbag i fired earlier this year

no you cant get this seat part turned off
for the sake of future claims buy a proper seat

astgte wrote: »

but but, you could save thruppence

Not helpful at all.:wall:

johnnyroper wrote: »

what a load of rubbish they are designed to have the airbag unit itself replaced in the event of deployment and not the complete seat assembly.I know this from experience of having to change them when i worked at vauxhall.

not 100% but i think there is a plastic trim that holds cloth on to airbag assembly,can you use the old broken seat as a guinea pig to work out how it comes off?

Thanks Johnny. I'm a bit reluctant to prise the good one on the broken seat too much as a) I don't want to set it off, b) damage it. The deployed one split along a weak point round the cover. Inside with the bag etc removed appears to fit like a 'container' inside another 'container', so looks like it should pull out but it doesn't. There must be some hidden clips somewhere.

I'm hoping someone might have removed one previously. There are a few on ebay, but the pictures don't show the sides or back:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peugeot-206-cc-gti-xsi-seat-air-bag-N-S-O-S-/110702020873?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19c65ac909

chrisw

s_b wrote: »

For your information mr know nothing BSI industry recommendation is that all the airbag loom is replaced too due to burning of plugs on activation

The loom will be replaced with the one from the old seat which has never activated.

johnnyroper

s_b wrote: »

No way would a dealer change a side airbag in a car that had been swiped as apart from anything else the insurance company wouldnt allow it.
For your information mr know nothing BSI industry recommendation is that all the airbag loom is replaced too due to burning of plugs on activation
You obviously worked where best practise was ignored and safety of occupants of cars was disregarded because there is no way a tech in a vauxhall dealer would know how to sew up the side of a seat bolster after an airbag had gone off
do not try and insult my intelligence

you clearly know f**k all the airbag force is pushed forward away from the seat to expell the bag and the rear of air bag assembly is designed to absorb any force.

so in your world are you saying that when bags go off the whole steering wheel is renewed and the support bar behind the dashboard on N/S? I am well aware there are certain components that need renewing when bags go off the complete seat is not one of them.
Also we did not sew up seat covers they had a new cover on ones that are covered in fabric,or the ones like the pugs do not damage the seat covers as they are in a self contained unit that fits between the fabric.

johnnyroper

chrisw try asking on a peugeot forum as there will probably be some people that will have removed them before.

s_b

chrisw wrote: »

The loom will be replaced with the one from the old seat which has never activated.

where did you get the seat from?
was it a category b breaker because if the side bag has gone off there is a possibility you have been sold an item contrary to abi guidlines and the seller can be struck off from preferred seller listings from insurers

Air bags and seat belt
components must be
properly disposed of
in accordance with the
manufacturer’s
instructions - these
items must never be
re-sold.

as i have tried to explain there is a reason you dont mess with these things,a chap i know ,its his job to detonate these and he got one wrong by accident ,even though he followed all strict procedures,his hand is still not right and never will be
these explosives because that is what they are should be kept in a safe box and its also illegal to post them

s_b

johnnyroper wrote: »

you clearly know f**k all the airbag force is pushed forward away from the seat to expell the bag and the rear of air bag assembly is designed to absorb any force.

so in your world are you saying that when bags go off the whole steering wheel is renewed and the support bar behind the dashboard on N/S? I am well aware there are certain components that need renewing when bags go off the complete seat is not one of them.
Also we did not sew up seat covers they had a new cover on ones that are covered in fabric,or the ones like the pugs do not damage the seat covers as they are in a self contained unit that fits between the fabric.

i suggest you read your own post again
this is a money saving forum
not a forum to recommend members of the public to be touching things they know nothing about
nay advising them to do it
im disgusted