Disabling passenger airbag for baby seat fitting?

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Does anyone know if it is possible to deactivate the front passenger airbag on an 04 Freelander, without bringing on the SRS light and still keeping the other airbags working?
Or has anyone had it done?
I've had it done on two previous cars before for my first baby and never had any trouble, but now no-one will entertain the idea.
On my other car there is a key module in the glove box which enables me to just do it myself without any problems.
Thing is we have a 3 door Freelander and it is totaly imposible to fit our baby seat in the rear due to, believe it or not, lack of head room!
Help, somebody please............
 
Not what you want to hear........ but the answer is NO.

Not one of the most versatile points of the Freelander, or Rover or MG for that matter cos they use the same airbag modules.

A big downfall for the makes of these cars for families with young babies.

French manufacturers have the turn on and off function.

Air bags are the devil I tell you!
 
Links for SRS type 3 used in Freelanders

The Blackbox Solutions ROVACOM HOMEPAGE

VEHICLE SYSTEMS COVERAGE

Apparently the output from the passenger airbag module can not be simulated as for other sensors.

MHM if you have any mods for this then you will make your money in this area...and I dont mean disconnect module and remove SRS light from dash.

Referring to earlier threads:

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/dash-grab-handle-38079.html?highlight=airbag

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/possible-remove-passenger-airbag-37866-2.html

I like the way they say that the airbag control unit can be interrogated using testbook via the diagnositic socket

Earlier Freelander models have the Sagem AC4 control unit and 2002 onwards have the Siemens type 1 according to Rovacom site. So if your going to change the module to an earlier one then you are looking at the cost of that plus labour for the diagnostic reset.

So MHM a cheap mod please
 
You only need to fool the DCU into thinking there's an air bag there by putting in a resistor in place of the air bag.

The DCU does its self check by sending out a voltage and measuring the voltage it gets back.

Theres a special tool for LR techs, its a yellow box with wires hanging out of it, each wire has a different plug depending on whether its to be plugged into the wiring for a pretensioner or air bag, this fools the ecu into thinking theres a component on the end of the wire.

The reason for this tool is so you dont probe an air bag with a multimeter, if you suspect a faulty air bag, plug the tool in its place and see if the fault clears. Measure the resistance of the tool and you have the resistance of an airbag, fit a resistor of the same value, job done!
 
clutchdust said:
You only need to fool the DCU into thinking there's an air bag there by putting in a resistor in place of the air bag.

The DCU does its self check by sending out a voltage and measuring the voltage it gets back.

Theres a special tool for LR techs, its a yellow box with wires hanging out of it, each wire has a different plug depending on whether its to be plugged into the wiring for a pretensioner or air bag, this fools the ecu into thinking theres a component on the end of the wire.

The reason for this tool is so you dont probe an air bag with a multimeter, if you suspect a faulty air bag, plug the tool in its place and see if the fault clears. Measure the resistance of the tool and you have the resistance of an airbag, fit a resistor of the same value, job done!
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So how many Ohms are we talking here?
 
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