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disabling air bag on 96 jeep cherokee
- Thread starter flinchy
- Start date
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
95 and 96 this is easy - it's a mechanical airbag and no electronics are involved.
Remove the trim cap from the top of the center section of the steering wheel, now get out of the vehicle (i.e. out of the line of fire of the airbag) and use an 8mm nutdriver to unscrew the bolt under that cover till it stops turning easily. The airbag is now disarmed... if you want, you can use a 10mm ratchet to remove the 4 nuts on the back of the steering wheel, pop the center section out, and remove the airbag module / guts, then reassemble. Otherwise you can simply leave the bolt unscrewed when you want the airbag off, and screw it back in when you want it enabled.
If it's street registered and you drive it on public roads I would just use the screw but if it's a dedicated offroad-only buggy, go ahead and remove it if you want :thumbup:
Remove the trim cap from the top of the center section of the steering wheel, now get out of the vehicle (i.e. out of the line of fire of the airbag) and use an 8mm nutdriver to unscrew the bolt under that cover till it stops turning easily. The airbag is now disarmed... if you want, you can use a 10mm ratchet to remove the 4 nuts on the back of the steering wheel, pop the center section out, and remove the airbag module / guts, then reassemble. Otherwise you can simply leave the bolt unscrewed when you want the airbag off, and screw it back in when you want it enabled.
If it's street registered and you drive it on public roads I would just use the screw but if it's a dedicated offroad-only buggy, go ahead and remove it if you want :thumbup:
Talyn
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Radford, Communistwealth of Virginia
- Location
- Fullerton, Ca
No you won't be able to put the cap/cover back on with the screw sticking out an inch. It's disarmed when the screw is backed out far enough to retract the bracket which covers 2 of the 4 nuts that secure the air bag.
John D
NAXJA Member # 788
- Location
- Rockford, Mi
Why not just remove the airbag module completely? I unplugged my driver's and passenger's airbags AND removed the airbag module from under the console. No chance of it going off that way.
austinaubinoe
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Montgomery County, MD
I wonder if an early XJ steering wheel will bolt up to a 95/96? Honestly, they only reason I wouldn't buy a 95/96 is because the steering wheel is so ugly.
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
I actually prefer the 95/96 style over the others :dunno:
If the splines match, should work, may lose cruise buttons and perhaps autocanceling blinkers, try it out and see.
If the splines match, should work, may lose cruise buttons and perhaps autocanceling blinkers, try it out and see.
GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
there is no airbag module in a 95-96 XJ, it's mechanically triggered and not electronic at all. Also there is no passenger side airbag.
John D
NAXJA Member # 788
- Location
- Rockford, Mi
Good reason.
- Location
- WA state
The older wheels should go right on.
t-frady
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bessemer City NC
Bringing this back up
The "cover on top"
Is that the small cover that is about 3/4" dia. And only one screw underneath
Just loosen till it stops and to engage how far do I turn screw back in?
The "cover on top"
Is that the small cover that is about 3/4" dia. And only one screw underneath
Just loosen till it stops and to engage how far do I turn screw back in?
thats it, pop the cover off, unscrew til it stops backing out (it will still spin, just won't move out). To re-engage, screw it back in til its "all the way in", put the cover back on.
