Front seat airbags

[JWJay]

I just bought a 2024 Wrangler 4xe and was told that the front seat have airbags. If that is true will the installation of seat covers prevent the airbags from deploying?

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[Murphydog]

hmmm.....I believe the 2024 have the curtain air bags that deploy from the sport bar (overhead) for both front and back seat passengers.

2023 and older have front seat side air bags for the front passengers only.

That said, I think seat covers designed for the 23 and older work with the airbags, but you would be best to confirm before you buy

 

[Murphydog]

And Welcome to the forum, and the world of Jeeps! Have a blast!

 

[John VonJeep]

It’s hard to see how seat covers wouldn’t obstruct seat airbags, unless they were carefully designed not to.

This is the 2018-23 design:

The 2024s add curtain airbags, and I believe these supplement — but do not replace — the seat airbags. Thus, I would be wary of seat covers that cannot be shown to have been properly tested.

 

[Reinen]

An airbag deployment is much more violent than most people think. There isn't much that will prevent an airbag from deploying. Most airbags are designed to break through hard plastic trim. The question is what will turn into a projectile during an airbag deployment.

In this particular case what you're looking for is a weaker seam or area of weaker fabric that will tear open upon airbag deployment. This isn't hard to incorporate into a seat cover and a seat cover is unlikely to become a projectile should the airbag deploy. I wouldn't worry much about this. A seat cover is no match for an airbag.

This is also why you should never, ever mount anything above the passenger dash grab handle, as tempting a spot as it may be. Whatever you put there will be shrapnel detonated into the passenger's face upon airbag deployment.

 

[NWJeepr]

There will be a tag or cover panel on the seat indicating it has an airbag within it. My '23 has seat-side airbags but lacks curtain airbags. '24's have available curtain airbags, which supplement seat-side airbags.

I have seat covers on my '23, and the covers have an opening with flap that gets tucked in, specifically for the seat airbag. As mentioned, the bags deploy violently during a qualifying impact and I don't worry for myself or my own purposes that my neoprene seat covers or the little tucked-in flaps for the airbags would prevent that from happening.

 

[us3r1d]

The 2024s add curtain airbags, and I believe these supplement — but do not replace — the seat airbags. Thus, I would be wary of seat covers that cannot be shown to have been properly tested.

The 2024 seat airbag is just like your pic.

(The auction house that has my Wrangler from the wreck back in May has pics of it online at <https://www.copart.com/lot/56968944/2024-jeep-wrangler-rubicon-4xe-ca-vallejo>; you can see the deployed drivers' seat airbag in one of the pics.)

 

[Brad Hearing]

The 2024 seat airbag is just like your pic.

(The auction house that has my Wrangler from the wreck back in May has pics of it online at <https://www.copart.com/lot/56968944/2024-jeep-wrangler-rubicon-4xe-ca-vallejo>; you can see the deployed drivers' seat airbag in one of the pics.)

man that sucks I hope you survived

 

[us3r1d]

man that sucks I hope you survived

Airbags and steel bumpers for the win!

I limped away a bit banged up, but the Jeep did a spectacular job at soaking up the damage before it could get to me.

 

[callmekurt]

Thanks for posting pics. I think this answers my question about strapping grab handles on the top door frames. Looks like they would impede deployment of the side curtains... Or become projectiles (24 Sahara).

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