Originally Posted by
Brendan
Just remember it has a small explosive charge in it to pretension the the seat belt (pull it tight) in the event of a crash! This means the the belt locks before you move very far so are less likely to get whiplash etc.
I would not advise leaving it tucked away - having tested them on a concrete garage floor I can tell you you would not want it to whip round and hit you!
I would advise going to the resistor route!
When it comes to electrics I have not got any idea so I think I will stick it out of harms way. The floor in the back of the van has small arm suports at the front so I think I will stick it under there and I believe if it dose goes off it will only pull the belt arm into itself so if it is wrapped up in lots of canvas it should be safei
I hate having the air bag in front of me as I saw the film of the original testing of them and if you are to close they will take your head of your shoulders. Still I am told the chances of one going off by accident is very very rear indeed same for seat belts, so tucked away safe should be good, also easy to put back right for next mot> I have just missed all the new reg's for this year as I moted van last week... Cheers Pete