I need to remove my passenger airbag on my 09 super duty, does disconnecting the battery disable the airbag to the point it's safe to remove? I'm repairing my AC and need to access the RH valve control.

Thanks

 

Most say wait 10 min after disconnecting batt(s). I wait 30, air bags are expensive and scare the poo out of you if it deploys.

 

Pushing brake pedal discharge all condensers on most cars, but doesn't Ford has its own procedure?

 

Yeah I definitely do not want to replace an airbag over a $25 part nor do I want to get hit by it if it deploys.
Guess I'll disconnect battery and cross my fingers.
Thanks guys.

 

After you disconnect the batteries turn your lights on to make sure you drain the system totally

 

I ended up disconnecting the battery and pulling the SRS fuse and waiting 10 minutes and all is well, my AC works again.
Thanks a lot peeps!

 

Not sure if this is helpful or not. But in Fire/Rescue Auto Ex courses they teach us to consider it armed for at least 30 minutes after battery disconnect.

Problem is these systems use Capacitors to store energy, not batteries. These capacitors have a bleed down resister and different manufacturers have different sizes of resisters, it isn't like electrical code where C size 1 = resistor size A.

Another "rule" we follow is the 20,10,5 rule. We limit our exposure, I.E. "being in the deploy path" to 20" on the passenger side, 10 on the driver and 5 on the curtains.

Realizing you've alread done the job, just thought I would post the saftey side of this from a different perspective for the guys searching this forum.