Ford Passenger Airbag Switch?

[mknight]

For all of you out there who own '99 and newer F250/350 extra cabs or crew cabs.....do you have a passenger airbag on/off switch? I currently own a '94 F250 extra cab but want my next truck to be preferably a new style F250 or F250 crew cab. I thought I had heard that the extra cabs did have the switch but the crew cabs did not. Is this true?

I have four young children and the oldest is not old enough to sit in the front right now with an airbag. Without being able to turn the airbag off, it would limit my ability to seat everybody when we all go as a family.

 

[ghunter]

Crew cabs are not available with an Air Bag switch. I've looked into this and the general consensus seems to be that since kids are safer in the back seat, Ford doesn't want to encourage drivers to use the front seat when a back seat exists. SuperCab models have the switch.

BTW, NO child is old enough to sit in the front of a vehicle with an airbag. Even at 10 years or older there is considerable impact from the airbag on a body. Keep the kids in the back where they belong and keep 'em safe. They make SUVs for family's like your's and mine where we have 4 or more children. It's just a fact of life.