Disable passenger side airbag

The only time the front airbag will go off is if the light on the dash says the air bag is on. If the light say its off the airbag is off. If there is no light then the airbag is also off. And putting the seat belt on does absolutely nothing to the airbags power. If will deliver the same power if the seat belt is used or not. Two stage air bag only means there is an initial stage to set off the bag at time zero and then (for the Tacoma specifically) 120 msec later the second stage goes off the open up the airbag vents. I know all of the this because I work at a crash test lab and have tested this truck personally.

 

You own a Tacoma which says alot about how safe the truck is.

 

Thats true but what ive seen is every car is reasonable
safe as long as you wear your seat belt and dont hit anything going 85mph. Force=Mass x Acceleration pretty much always wins

 

You can turn the seat belt chime off. Then it never beeps. Airbag still activate based off weight.

 

That's why I'd loop the belt behind the dog if he's making it chime. Surprisingly neither (50lb) dog makes the stupid noise but in the Miata they'll make the light annoy me.

 

I don’t believe it works as a weight sensor anymore. Toyota has moved to an electrical sensor for detection not a weight sensor. I’ve seen it posted somewhere on here and I know a lot of other Toyota models are using the electrical field or whatever type tech.

Which is why leaving a phone or something in the seat can trigger the sensor in some vehicles.

Edit: 3rd gen apparently has stress type sensors for weight, at least that’s what Katzkins says in one of their PDFs. Idk what official Toyota docs say.

 

How do you disable the chime?

 

Post #6: the Carista app.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/carista-app.515086/#post-16291062

 

Will Techstream also do it?

 

That's pretty cool. Maybe an induction sensor like the ones at stoplights?

 

I have a seat belt clip in mine that I got from the junk yard. With it in and little weight on the passenger seat, the airbag is turned off. Says so right on the dash.

 

You right that the newer sensors no longer uses weight. The new sensors actually measure water content.

 

Tacoma still uses weight. Most OEMs use capacitive systems now but the Tacoma still just used a weight based system. The air bag will turn off if there isnt enough weight in the seat and the seat belt clipped in because the system is assuming you have a small child or car seat sitting in the front seat in which case you would not want to blow off any airbag so the system turns it off

 

So in theory my pug shouldn't arm the air bag?

 

A case of beer on the T4R's passenger seat doesn't make it ding but my 60lb dog does. This is scientific!

 

I have no idea. I have the software but have not bought the cable yet.

 

You just need to look at the light on the dash. If it says, Airbag On, then the airbag might fire in an accident. If it says, Airbag Off, then . . .

 

The light tells it all. If the light says airbag on then the airbag is on. If the light says airbag off then the airbag is off. If there is no light on at all then the airbag is off.

It depends how the truck classifies whats in the seat. If you click the seat belt in the truck will assume there is something in the front seat and will determine if it needs the airbag on or off. If the OCS (occupant classification system), in this case a weight system, determines what is in the front seat by weight then it will turn the airbag on or off. I believe 60lbs is correct. If it is under 60lbs the OCS system will tell the airbag to turn off because there could be a small child or child seat in the front seat and you dont want the airbag hitting them.

Long story short is look at the light on the dash

 

Isn't all this info in the manual?

 

Make your dogs stay off the seat. My 80# Heeler stays in the passenger floor board. Not even aloud to put his head in the seat.