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Originally Posted by Ducimus
I wonder how hard it would be to remove it and if cars will be hardwired to have them or not work correctly.
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Oh, they'll hardwire the things in there and make it a felony to remove or circumvent them.
IE: My 1995 Chevrolet truck came with a federally mandated driver's side airbag. If I pull the fuse on the airbag to prevent accidental deployment while working on it, the automatic transmission won't shift out of first gear until I put the fuse back.
I would wager that the same thing would happen if I removed the airbag altogether, which is integrated into the horn button and prevents me from installing a custom steering wheel.
I have no doubt that I could bypass it by simply installing the proper value resistor across the connection to fool the ECM into thinking the airbag was still there. But I won't. I kind of like the idea of getting punched in the face for not paying attention to the road.