Airbag Disconnection using Air bag Simulators

Most Police and Emergency Vehicle Managers turn off the passenger airbag as soon as an airbag switch is installed, and take out the key. The airbag then stays off until the vehicle is resold. After all, the airbag switch is installed because of the danger from the laptop or other equipment mounted in the airbag zone, and the laptop will stay in the car as long as it stays in the fleet. This eliminates any chance of the airbag being switched on by accident.

Since the airbag will stay off until the vehicle is resold, we offer a less expensive alternative to the airbag switch: the Airbag Simulator. Our Airbag Simulators snap securely onto the existing airbag connector, and the vehicle behaves as if it still had an airbag.

If the airbag were just disconnected, the warning light on the instrument panel would blink or stay on permanently and the  driver has no way of knowing when there is some other problem in the airbag system. But a Simulator keeps the airbag warning light functioning properly even though the airbag is disconnected.

 The Simulator costs less than half the cost of an airbag switch.

Airbag simulator for most newer Fords - note the connector snaps together securely with the factory connector

Ford, Chrysler and GM all specify in their Owner's Manuals that nothing shall be mounted in the airbag deployment zone for safety reasons. An airbag switch or disconnection with an Airbag Simulator means you can safely mount other equipment  in addition to the laptop in front of the passenger.