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I've just been asked by the new owner of my RS6, where exactly the passenger airbag disable/enable switch/lock is?? It's a November 2003 RS6 Saloon

As i sold the car, i no longer have the manual, hence the question on here.

Cheers in advance

He's on here could he not ask?

It'a in the glove box. Use the key.

It's also on page 174 of the manual!

rs666 wrote:He's on here could he not ask?

It'a in the glove box. Use the key.

It's also on page 174 of the manual!

Perhaps, but maybe he's away from a computer & does not have as much time to spend on Forums as we do.

This may sound daft, but where exactly in the glovebox is it located & do all RS6 Saloons have this feature?? Top left, top right, bottom left etc. etc. Reason being i had a DVD player installed in the glovebox & this is perhaps hiding the Passenger Airbag Dissable/enable lock

Cheers for the answer Damon, but can you expand as per my question above.

I'd be interested to know as well, as I've looked for a key in the glovebox and couldn't find one, and when I spoke to Audi CS they said it could only be disabled by the dealer.

Gary.

GaryC wrote:I'd be interested to know as well, as I've looked for a key in the glovebox and couldn't find one, and when I spoke to Audi CS they said it could only be disabled by the dealer.

Gary.

That's what i thought. I can't ever recall seeing a disable/enable lock in the glovebox, but as i then had the DVD player installed & i was asked by the new owner, i guessed it was perhaps behind or above the DVD player.

Maybe it's only Avants that have this??

Ok, I take it back.

Went out and had look....no key point! So why is it in the manual?

It was a feature on my allroad in the top RHS front of the glove box. When it didn't appear on my plus, I asked about it and it was no longer standard. Dealers will deactivate if you sign a disclaimer, but it's hardly a convenient temporary solution if you want to put a baby seat in occasionally.

Passenger Airbag deactivation CAN NOT be retrofitted to the RS6, however you can have the airbag de-activated by the use of a small kit available from the dealers, it takes approx 1hr and has stickers to place in the car to notify of it being de-activated and also a certificate that has to be completed and sent to Audi - it is then registered on DIALOG so that if the vehicle is sold the new owner can choose to have re-activated.

Don't know why we are not allowed to retro fit the switch on the RS6 -- we were issued with a bulletin specifically forbidding it - and no instructions exit on Elsa to allow us to do it -- the only other model that this is the case for was the A2 -- and I certainly can't see any link ??

He's on here...here I am.

No key in glovebox, RS4 has it so I had looked already.

As stated, hardly a good solution having to use a dealer if only for temporary disabling (occasional child seat)

Anybody know if aftermarket diagnosis tools (OBD2 stuff) can access airbag functions?