Hi,

Can anyone advise me how I can turn off the passenger airbag on my Crossfire Coupe... Can it be turned off or removed? If so how...

I am pregnant but am desperate to keep my crossfire.

I recently had my car serviced and was advised by the garage that it could not be done by them legal reasons.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Open the passenger door, use the key in the airbag disable keyway at the top hinge area of the dash that gets hidden when you close your door.

 

Open passenger side door and on the side of the dash there is the switch, stick the key in and turn.

 

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply but I don't see a switch that I can put my key in to turn off....

There are two plastic thumb screw type things on the side of the dash board - would it be these?

Could anyone someone post a photo of the switch - I am not sure my crossfire has one!!

Many thanks!!

 

There is one there, do you have your owners manual? In the manual index, it shows 'air bag on/off switch..... 47,53'. I have the 2008 manual, you can go here ( My Chrysler: Chrysler Owners Service Manuals - Chrysler Cars, Minivans, SUVs, Convertibles, Crossovers ) to get your model year manual in download format.

 

If yours is truly devoid of the key slot, I have a spare I could send you as a baby-shower gift

It has a harness connection on the back side, the two slotted plastic screws simply hold the panel on. Driver's side is blank, passenger side has the key slot.

You can barely see it in the far right of this photo... middle-ways up.

 

Hi,

I have just checked again and I have no key slot in my 2006 crossfire! Just 2 stickers which I have just removed (incase they were covering up the slot) and no key slot!

Many thanks for the kind offer which I will gladly accept - please name your price!! At least then I can take the car to a garage and ask them to fit it for me.

You have made my day - my crossfire is my first child which I will not part with!

 

Page 37 of the 2006 owners manual said (quoted/copy/pasted)

Passenger Front Airbag On/Off Switch

The on/off switch is located at the right end of the
instrument panel and is accessible by opening the passenger
door.
The on/off switch is to be used only when the passenger
is:

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Wow, never seen this before, how could that not be there? Someone may have removed that assembly? Never saw this before... Sorry I could not be of any assistance!

 

I am shocked that the panel isn't there either... as the driver's side won't fit in case someone tried to retrofit one...

Shoot me a private message with your address and I'll get it shipped to you tomorrow.

No charge, enjoy it in peace knowing the little tike will be safer.

 

Be VERY VERY careful when installing this panel/switch! Make sure you disconnect the NEGATIVE side of the battery cable and let it sit for 5-10 minutes before plugging anything into any wires concerning the air bag system.

 

JHM2K, isn't that switch keyed to the key for the vehicle? Or is there a regular switch body behind the key assembly they could throw when they need to. Just want to be sure before anything is sent that they can use it and not have it sit on a shelf somewhere.

 

Damn you're right, it is most-likely coded to the key itself.

Not electronically, as there's no transponder in the airbag switch... However, the actual "physical cut" of the key may be VIN specific.

Can someone with multiple Crossfires confirm?

If you can use one key to disarm both Crossfires, I will send her the panel tomorrow. If it's key-specific, we may be out of luck.

 

John I just tried the coupe key in the roadster air bag switch and it worked. Why don't you try your SRT key in your spare (from the white coupe?) before you ship it out.

Class act John, another example of how great this fotrum is.

 

Awesome news, I'll check that when I get home!!

 

BTW, if you disconnect the positive cable, your likely to set off the siren alarm and its LOUD!

 

AWESOME!!!!!!1111111

 

Confirmed that my SRT key works on this panel from my Limited.

Victoria, I'll ship the part this afternoon.

 

I may be missing something here but the lady mentions two stickers and these are the stickers for the switch use.

UK cars do not have this feature, the bags are always on. So some cars came without it.

How do you know that there are wires there anyway?

I am thinking that sending someone something that may not be fitted correctly may leave one open to a lawsuit. Just saying.

 

Can you confirm that the UK version was not fitted with the ability to switch them off? Victoria is in the UK, so that would explain her inability to switch the bags off.

Why would the safety of UK babies not be as important to Chrysler as USA babies?

Then again, the side panel starts with 170 xx xxx xx, so it's a R-170 part, which is Mercedes-Benz. Germans don't care for Brits, so... that might explain it.

I still have the part on my desk at work...