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Old Jul 25, 2020
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Air bag shutoff

My grandson can’t ride in my 08 Ranger due to the airbag. Is their a way to put a on/off switch on the passenger airbag?
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Should be automatically off and say so on the dash indicator, "Passenger side airbag off", there is a weight sensor in the passenger seat

You can get your 2008 Ranger manual here: https://www.ranger-forums.com/genera...1-models-3747/

Mentioned several places, try page 74

When the front passenger seat is occupied and the sensing system has
turned off the passenger’s frontal airbag, the “pass airbag off” indicator
will light and stay lit to remind you that the front passenger frontal
airbag is off. See Front passenger sensing system in the Airbag
supplemental restraint system (SRS) section of this chapter.
 
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He is heavy enough to turn on the air bag, but law says he must be older, so he can’t ride in the truck. I want a toggle switch to turn it off.
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Ford may be able to add a key switch to disable it, but just not sure, there was a add-on device that could do it but only up to 2006 Rangers

How tall is he, height and weight are the big things, yes age(13) is as well, but thats more "legal" than safety as far as I know
 
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