Occupancy sensor, don't cut wire!

[tonupkid]

I'm presuming that the airbags will still work. Know to go off in a collision, but everytime in stead of, selectively only when there's a seat occupant detected

[Goran]

Originally Posted by tonupkid

I'm presuming that the airbags will still work. Know to go off in a collision, but everytime in stead of, selectively only when there's a seat occupant detected

Yes, I assume they are active. With VCDS sit in the passenger seat and read the measuring block, it will say 'occupied'. The guys on the forum tried different resistors or measured the occupied resistance and came up with 470 ohms.
When I plug in that resistor, the measuring block says 'occupied'
So I assume the airbag is active.
Another general point, all of our D2 airbags may be past their 'use by' date. So it may be a lottery whether any of them fire at all?

[27litres]

Originally Posted by Goran

Another general point, all of our D2 airbags may be past their 'use by' date. So it may be a lottery whether any of them fire at all?

I think used by dates on airbags (they used to have roughly 12 or so year dates on them) have been removed now, as they've tested cars with 20 and 30 year old airbags and they've fired fine.
Provided the pyrotechnics are properly sealed when made, there's nothing that should degrade them, at least not for some significantly long time.
I'm not concerned about mine not firing