Anyone know of a proper and safe way to disconnect airbags on a Tracker?  I have a 98 2dr soft top with 4WD and auto trans.  I have been told that unplugging them or pulling a fuse  can make them inflate when reconnected.  Anyone know the true story on this?

disconnect the battery and then push the brake pedal for 20 - 30 seconds. this takes any stored voltage out of the system then it is safe to remove them. make sure all air bag components are reinstalled and then re connect battery. never connect the battery when working on the system!

derek

Air bags are always active, even with the
ignition off, and they do store aux power
to inflate the bags even if the battery is
somehow knocked loose before the impact
that would deploy the bags.

http://www1.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/1e/04/f4/0900823d801e04f4.jsp

It's a bit hard to print these pages but they save OK and the links connect back to the online pages.

Regards Charlie

some air bags will hold a charge.. thaey have a capasiter in there brain box ,,, but it the charge will go away- after the bat is totally unpluged....give it 20min to an hour after should be good to go then man ... remeber bigger yellow wire is air bag wiring.. should be marked on harness///  i've worked with lots of them.. do auto body for a living..so i know what i'm talking about...