Fiat 500 2008 - Precautions Re Airbag When removing front seat

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Sat 4 Jul 2015 13:13
Fiat 500 2008 - Precautions Re Airbag When removing front seat - richard price

Hi need to remove front drivers seat and try and find out why back rest tilt is becomming increasingly difficult to operate ie becoming stiffer. There is an air bag in the bolster, what is the correct procedure to isolate, is it as simple a disconnecting the battery. Advice most welcome. Thank you.

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Sat 4 Jul 2015 14:19
Fiat 500 2008 - Precautions Re Airbag When removing front seat - elekie&a/c doctor

I would suggest disconnecting the battery before working on any airbag system.

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Sat 4 Jul 2015 16:10
Fiat 500 2008 - Precautions Re Airbag When removing front seat - RobJP

I was always told to disconnect the battery and then leave everything alone for 10-20 minutes, just so that any residual current in capacitors dissipated.

Might be going overkill, but it makes sense to me

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Mon 6 Jul 2015 14:19
Fiat 500 2008 - Precautions Re Airbag When removing front seat - Gibbo_Wirral

Agree with Rob, disconnect battery, wait, carefully disconnect plugs under seat. Maybe do a Google first to make sure you don't damage the connector if its not a simple press-click one.

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Sun 12 Jul 2015 11:30
Fiat 500 2008 - Precautions Re Airbag When removing front seat - richard price

thanks to all

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