de-activating airbags

Hope someone can help on this one:

I need to de-activate the passenger airbag so that I can have an infant seat in the front passenger side.

the jag has a switch, but the BM & octavia don't. The little monster will need class and performance from an early age!!!

Does anyone have any tips on doing this?

Is it as simple as pulling the fuse and disconnecting the bag module that needs to be deactivated?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Thanks.

Theres only one bag module for the main airbags,it sits under the rear seats.Plus it's the main module for firing any side impact sensor airbags.

If theres no switch in the car to switch it of then I think the only way would be for a dealer to switch off the passenger airbag,which they probably won't do for safety/legal reasons.Or have the bag itself removed which again alot/all of garages won't do.If theres a fuse you can pull,which I doubt,again you'll probably switch off all the bags.

I know it's a hassle but the easiest safest way would be put your kid in the back of the car.probably best place for him if the unthinkable happens and you have a crash.
Airbags ain't something you should go messing about with,you could do yourself a very bad injury and I'm not kidding.I've seen pics of people with horrendous burnsfrom in-advertant deployments,ie they went off when they shouldn't have.Granted they were yanks and their airbags are twice the size of european,not coz theyre all fat they just dont wear their seatbelts.

Try having a word with a dealer,it's probably the best place to start.

thats interesting, because the midwife actually recommended putting the little one in the front passenger seat (airbag and seat design permitting)!

I have seen lots of others doing this in four doors?, and friends of mine whose other halves drive TT's, boxters etc. (admittedly no choice) all do this too.

???confused???

You will also have to take into account that should an accident happen and the insurance company finds out it has been de-activated, the claim will be null and void!
We always put our children in the back, safe as houses really, very rarely did they travel in the front with mum/dad in the back!

sleeper wrote: Hmm, how does that work with the X-type switch then? Are you not allowed to use the switch? Dads Audi is the same...

I don't think there should be a problem with that.The cars where there no switch the insurance companys might deem it as modifying the vehicle from manufacturers specifications.I could see them not paying out for not notifying them of the 'mod' like they would with other mods.

fair point, no offence meant.