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Can an airbag be disconnected in a 'conforming' way?

ThisIsWeird · 2025-01-14 10:03:31

Hi.Situation is that a colleague has had an intermittent airbag/tensioner warning beep on start-up. It can be ok for a few weeks, but then returns.At the last service, he asked the garage to run a check on it to find the guilty party, and it's one of the side curtain 'bags which shows 'open circuit' - which most likely…

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ThisIsWeird Posts: 7,935 Forumite

15 January at 10:54AM

Iceweasel said:

MOT Manual
7.1.5
An airbag that is switched off is not a defect.
But: obviously missing or obviously inoperative is a 'major' fail.

And there's the rub! The theory is that it would be 'switched off' via the ECU.
There's a specialist co nearby who now focus on car electronics, so I'll suggest they have a chat down there if the repair quote comes back silly.
Thanks all.

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