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Old 12-13-2006, 03:10 PM   #4
ukchris
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Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster
what is that and why is it used?
If you want to use a child seat the air bag must be disabled. This is done using a $150 bar that bolts to the seat, the bar has a buckle and a wire on it, the Porsche car seats have a matching buckle. Once the buckle is inserted the airbag is deactivated, this is indicated by a certain light sequence on the dash.

There isn't a lot to the deactivation buckle though, it's basically a few resistors, I made one with four resistors and a switch as an experiment and it works fine.
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