Airbag De-activation on AMV8 with height adjust pass seat

[sjr-997]

i'm looking at a used car that has the height adjustable passenger seat spec'd. Unfortunately this then meant the factory deleted the airbag deactivation option...which means in theory I can't safely put a child seat in the passenger seat now or even possibly a booster seat as there is no way to de-activate the airbag. Can anyone come up with any clever ideas / comments on this ? has anyone had a switch retro fitted to get around this ? Is it safe ? cheers

[bogie]

buy a different car is the easy option .....I wouldnt want to go messing with the safety systems personally

[sjr-997]

i would be interested to know what the aston handbook says about putting children in the passenger seat if anyone has one to hand ? thanks

[Murph7355]

It doesn't specifically, but does note that if a child seat or booster is to be used, the airbag must be deactivated. Which cannot be done with a height adjustable seat. I would guess because of the way the ISOFix stuff is fitted (removing height adjust).

[Neil1300R]

The manual says
" Warning
Before installing a child seat the passenger airbag must be deactivated"
"Warning
Before driving always confirm that the passenger airbag deactivation switch is in the appropriate position according to your requirements"

"The passenger eat side impact airbag is also deactivated when the passenger airbag is deactivated"

Then has a diagram of how To Deactivate the Airbag, and a picture of the where the deactivation airbag indicator light is

However, there is no deactivation switch, light etc on a height adjustable (non Isofix) seat equipped car - just checked mine.

[Murph7355]

Neil1300R said:

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However, there is no deactivation switch, light etc on a height adjustable (non Isofix) seat equipped car - just checked mine....

The ISOFix option specifically notes that height adjustability is deleted as a result.

Hence bogie's opening gambit