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Turn airbag off for 5 series bmw

By shnoozie on Mar 14, 2009

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Hi i want to put a child seat in the front of my BMW 520i year 2001 - nothing in the instrustions on how to do this, is it possible? the rear seat belt is twisted and not safe for child seat, i can't get inside the seat to un twist the seat belt unless i go to the garage, in the mean time i will drive with car seat in front only if i can turn off the airbags Thansk for your help

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Mar 16, 2009

- thanks, i am in ireland,,

Apr 15, 2009

- hi there The infant is in a rear facing seat (he is only 9 weeks old), the dealership were not much help saying my 2001 BMW was not computerised so they could not turn the airbag off......strange, i thought there may be an easy way I could de-activate it....thanks

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Posted by bmw_tech_38 on Mar 16, 2009

Hi, depending on which country you live in , you will need a deactivation code to turn of the air bag for the front passenger seat.

Solution #1

posted on Apr 15, 2009

transax

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The airbags do not need to be and should not be turned off if the *child* is sitting front-facing. The danger to kids in the front seat is that a rear facing baby would be hammered into the back of the seat. A front facing child would be protected as an adult. So, before you hunt down further info ... is your kid still sitting rear facing? And is your forward facing child boosted up with an appropriately fitted lap/shoulder belt?

Airbags in and of themselves are dangerous to kids.

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Apr 15, 2009

- Sorry ... meant to say Airbags in and of themselves are NOT dangerous to kids. They are life savers.

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Solution #2

posted on Mar 16, 2009

bmw_tech_38

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Hi , if you visit a dealer they will be able to let you know how much it will cost to deactivate the passenger air bag.

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Apr 16, 2009

- Hi, if you send me the last 7 digits of the chassis number i will check to see what information is available for the airbag system for you car.

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This Problem Also Relates To: 2001 BMW 5 Series 2003 BMW 325 1994 BMW 3 Series 1997 BMW 318 2002 BMW 5 Series 1993 BMW 3 Series 1999 BMW 5 Series

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