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I know on the new Boxsters the passenger seat is "weight sensitive" and bypassing the airbag (if possible) is a different procedure than on older models.

On the older models there is an install kit for defeating the passenger airbag.

My question is this: What year did the "weight sensitive" passenger seat begin? 2004?

I've got this system (weight sensitive) on my work car and with a full briefcase on the seat, when I hit a bump the weight activates the airbag. My briefcase weighs less than my 10 year-old son so I can't have that happening.

Tool Pants

From my failing memory, model year 2006.

PTEC

The AWS system was introduced in MY 2006 vehicles. The way the system works isn't as cut and dry. A lot of manufacturers use a similar system but I can tell you a bit about the way it works on Porsche vehicles. Sensors in the seat base sense the weight in the seat obviously. After determining the weight of the object/person in the seat it then decides how to deploy the airbag (if at all). If you place a random item on the seat, such as a briefcase or pair of shoes or whatever, the system will detect that and decide to disable the airbag so in the event of an accident the airbag doesnt create a missle in the cabin when it deploys. However when the weight approaches (Porsche will not publish detailed specs) a small child the system will recognize that and deploy the airbag accordingly.

So basically what I'm trying to say it the system responds differently to a briefcase and a child of the size/weight who is too large for a child seat.