Seat airbags/seatcovers

[ned]

My parents have a 2005 OB Wagon and we have a 2006. Both cars have airbags
in the side of the seats. When we call the dealer about seatcovers that
won't interfere with the airbags they say "we'd never thought about that
before".

Has anybody else encountered this, or found a special seat cover that will
still allow the side seat airbags to function properly?

 

[mulder]

My parents have a 2005 OB Wagon and we have a 2006. Both cars have airbags
in the side of the seats. When we call the dealer about seatcovers that
won't interfere with the airbags they say "we'd never thought about that
before".

Has anybody else encountered this, or found a special seat cover that will
still allow the side seat airbags to function properly?

You are not supposed to use any seatcovers on seats with side airbags.

 

[Ben Olsen]

My parents have a 2005 OB Wagon and we have a 2006. Both cars have
airbags in the side of the seats. When we call the dealer about seatcovers
that won't interfere with the airbags they say "we'd never thought about
that before".

Has anybody else encountered this, or found a special seat cover that will
still allow the side seat airbags to function properly?

I am in Australia, and when I bought my 2002 OBW I wanted to cover the
leather seats with sheep skin covers because of the very hot conditions here
in the summer (30 Degrees +). I resorted to a Sheepskin manufacturer who
luckily had done this work before and he made a custom pair of seat covers
for the front seats thus:- he made a hood which covered the top of the
seats, then he created the cover for the back of the seats but with no sides
and strapped only at the top, the seat itself was made just like a
conventional seat cover and the back cover was again strapped to the seat
cover under the seat to keep it in place and it apparently meets the
requirements of the authorities here. Note: It wasn't cheap, it cost
A$600.00. Hope this will be of help to you.
Ben Olsen

 

[ND]

This does help, thank you. Maybe I can find something similar here in the
states, and hopefully cheaper!