Air Bag Disabling

I believe it's commonly called "cover your ass".

The first time the capacitor (or whatever it is) that stores those 10 seconds worth of reserve power outperforms specs, you can bet it will be at a time when somebody didn't take *ALL* the extra precautions, and is in the exact perfect position required to permit the airbag to remove his head from his shoulders and deposit it somewhere in the back seat. Which, of course, opens the door for a massive lawsuit.

Just another tidbit of evidence confirming that "common sense ain't".

Thanks for the comments. I think disconnecting the battery, pulling the fuse and waiting 30 minutes should be enough!

But disconnecting them may not be a bad idea. Consider how close you will be to the airbomb. Airbombs could be detonated with static electricity, and that could come from anywhere in the wiring harness. The connectors on the airbomb are of the "self-shorting" type - disconnect the airbomb and a piece of metal inside the airbomb-side of the connector makes contact with the two pins inside, effectively closing the circuit and making it virtually impossible to explode.