Booster seat and Car seat belt
 

Back in June I bought a booster seat for Sir Cody, it has a clip to attach to pups harness which I use to ensure in case of accident pup is not propelled from the seat, also pup cannot jump out of booster seat. A member posted they use theirs but do not depend on the clip alone and also use their car seat belt, I assumed it is the part the strap gets snapped into. Thinking what an excellent idea that was I started to use mine. Before I had the booster seat I had a kinda short leash with a an attachment that snaps into the car seat belt the other end gets attached to pups harness. I have been using them since they first came out for my other babies to prevent them from dashing out of the car when the door was opened, also prevented them from falling off back seat onto the floor if I had to stop short. This is what I used along with the fastener in the booster seat. Not long after I started using it I saw a symbol on my dash board, WT!!!! is that, I take out the car manual look for this symbol, book states it’s the air bag. Off to my mechanic I go in a panic, tell him something is wrong with my air bag. I have to leave car there. Later that day I get a call from mechanic, he tells me it’s the dog clip attachment. The car computer sensor, senses no weight on passenger seat and the computer disables ALL airbags. I have 6 airbags. Now this could be a good thing if you don’t like the idea of airbags, which in my case I don’t like them, to many ppl I know who had accidents got severely injured from the airbag not the accident it’s self, but the do save lives, so I have stopped using the doggie attachment, and removed it from the seat belt snap in part.. I also have a Chevy Colorado pick up truck that I use this clip on. I have not seen a symbol on my dash board, but stopped by my chevy dealer, spoke to a mechanic to see if by using this dog devise would it deactivate the air bags, I am told no. Truck computer has no seat sensor. I am advising anyone that uses a doggie attachment that gets snapped into your cars seat belt then to the harness of your pups to check with the dealership mechanic to see if it deactivates your airbags. I do not know what the weight has to be for sensor to pick up. My booster seat is raised off the seat, it does not sit on the seat.

No weight in the passenger seat should not turn off all of the airbags in your car. That would not make any sense if you are traveling alone. Forgive me if I am misreading your post.

It is a good thing for the airbags to be turned off on the dog's side of the car. I believe airbags would do more harm to the dog than potential good for many reasons.

My hubby has a GMC and the air bag stays off even when I am in the passenger seat. I am not quite 100 pounds so we guess it has to be over 100 to turn the air bag on. His truck dings when the seat belt thing is hooked up and air bag does not pick up anything in the seat, (like me!)But, his drivers airbag is not affected. My Ford escape has no dings, bells or lights so it just varies by the make and model of the vehicle I'm sure. But turning ALL air bags off does not sound right to me either........ But, I'm no mechanic.

I agree with the others. A dog strap clicked into your seatbelt with no weight in the seat (I'm assuming passenger seat) should not turn off ALL the airbags. It should only turn off the passenger airbag(s) on newer cars.

Having ZoE seat strapped into my passenger seat in my last car, older Ford Mustang, did not turn off the airbag. Having a child or lightweight adult in the front didn't turn off the airbag either. That was a problem for me as ZoE would be seriously injured should an airbag go off, so ZoE always rode in the back where there was no airbag.

My new Cadillac, automatically turns off the front passenger airbags, if little or no weight is detected and anything is buckled into the belt, so ZoE could potentially ride up front, but now she us used to riding in the back, and it's safer for her anyway, so the back is where she always rides.

My boys enjoy the backseat too. Our car is a 2001 and the airbags do not turn off manually or through sensors.

When the car was 3 weeks old, I accidentally hit the undercarriage hard on a curb causing the passenger seat side impact airbag to deploy. Scariest thing ever! I thought a bomb had gone off and I'm convinced those airbags would break my arm. It's because of airbags that I started wearing my seat belt faithfully, before the laws were enacted. :p