Disabling Passenger Airbag W210?

[Will]

A guy I work with was asking me today if I knew about the possibility of disabling the passenger airbag in a W210 E320? I don't know the implications of this but he was just asking as to whether it was possible?

Can it be disabled with a key or something like many modern cars do or is it more complicated than that (or not possible?)

Anyone know?

Many Thanks

Will

 

[fuzzer]

its all to do with transponders. I take it he wants to put a child seat in there?

Well , MB do child seats with transponders built into them.

 

[lexie]

indeed transponders, but, if it is for a child, i personally prefer to put my baby on the rear seat

I once saw a lady crash her car because she was looking at her baby while driving, car was total loss, luckily nobody got injured

 

[Parrot of Doom]

Could you not just remove that part of the dashboard, unplug the airbag, and stick it in a box in the loft?

Or would the computer throw a wobbler?