Disabling the Passenger Airbags

[GaryC]

I know this is probably a case of RTFM, but we've recently moved house and the handbook is lying in a box somewhere...

So does anyone know what the procedure is for (temporarily) disabling the passanger side airbags in the RS6? I'm planning a trip with my two and a half year old son soon while my wife is away for a couple of days, and I know he'll love being able to have his car seat in the front.

Gary.

[Jeeves]

Gary

Stumbled across this today after you've probably R'd TFM and found no help at all. I queried this with my dealer after my previous A6 was switchable via a key in the glove box, and they said that you can't do it temporarily. Maybe can be done premanently via VAGCOM or whatever, but dealers will wan you to sign a disclaimer.

Its a happy day when they're old enough to fit in a forward facing Recaro Start or whatever's good these days.

No help to you, but at least the consolation is you've not missed an answer before starting the trip.

Adam

[GaryC]

Thanks Adam.

I phoned up Audi CS last night and the CS lady said - after being on hold for quite a while as she checked with their technical dept - that it was possible but only by taking it into the dealers. It's a bit annoying really on a £60k car, especially as my sister's little £8k clio has a switch in the car you can press.

My son sits in a forward facing britax seat, and after some research it seems it's probably 'ok' (though not totally advisable) for him to sit in the front so long as I set the seat as far back as it will go.

Gary.

[Jeeves]

You have to do that on my Clio too, just to get the seatbelt to go round the block on the ISOFIX car seat. Unfortunately, once they put on a bit more weight its too much of a squeeze, so even though the seat can theoretically go upto a certain weight or age, the child won't fit comfortably in the front (even though its also a Renault car seat). However, by this stage they're also a bit embarrased about using a seat when their peers are in boosters.

Switch is great, although I used to forget to turn it back on for my wife, then discretely did it as soon as I realised.

[shimmy]

interestingly on the standard equipment list (not extra) it says 'front passenger airbag isolation'.

i was looking at a few RS6's this weekend to buy and one of the dealers was trying to find it but could not. He said it was their coz of the isofix particularily.

[GaryC]

ISOFIX is was an optional extra, and most of the cars I looked at didn't seem to have it.

Which equipment list does it say that the airbag isolation is standard?

Gary.