Anyone replaced seat airbag?

johnnyroper

s_b wrote: »

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

the OP asked a question i answered it simple as that.

chrisw

I can see this going round and round. I'm well aware of the dangers. If it's a case of popping off some clips and sticking the new one in, fine, any more complicated and I'll try and find somebody to do it. I'll have a look on some Peugeot forums.
Cheers.

red_eye

there will be 2 or 3 hidden torx screws. I advise you to not remove squibs as they can do some damage to your face if activated.

chrisw

Done it now thanks. I cut round the airbag on the old seat and there is a piece of trim the other side of the material which it clips into, sandwiching the material, which is edged with plastic round the opening. Unfortunately there was no way of releasing the tags from the outside so I had to release some of the seat cover on the new seat to get at the tags from behind. The new 'pod' then just clipped into the trim and bolted back on to the seat frame. I refastened the cover using cable ties rather than using the old metal clips.
Seems to be ok as the airbag light has now gone out.

mikey72

By "cover", do you mean the trim?

chrisw

mikey72 wrote: »

By "cover", do you mean the trim?

No, the actual seat material. After removing the back adjustment levers either side, the material comes off the spindles. There are some elastic straps underneath to undo and then it's a matter of pulling the material up the seat removing metal clips as you go until you get far enough to be able to get a screwdriver in to pop the tags.

It wasn't quite as easy as it sounds, but got there in the end. I've since wondered if there was a way to cut the inside of the deployed pod casing so you can squeeze it to release it from the tags which run round the outside.

Bob_the_Saver

I don't have any air bags in mine.

chrisw

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

I don't have any air bags in mine.

Apparently that was my other option to get rid of the airbag light - find an unfired airbag module from a vehicle without the seat airbags.

Flyboy152

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?

This is on of the very rare occasions I have to agree with sb. There is no way any right minded dealer would replace a side airbag on a seat, as well as the insurance company not allowing it. Anyone attempting to do so would be out of their minds.

bigjl

I am sure the seat mounted airbags on the mk4 Astra could be removed and put from one seat to another. Have seen them for sale seperately at a Vauxhall.breakers.

I would talk to a Pug specialist as there will be a way to change them it is just a case of knowing how to do it safely.

I am sure that bloke from Wheeler Dealers once swapped a seat airbag on a Beemer, it was a while ago though.

Anybody else watch the episode with the M3?

The seat airbags are designed to be changed i would have though. Wether they are designed to be easily removed when still in working order is another thing.

It might have been easier to get the seat repaired perhaps.