So my question is, does it matter if no one ever sits there? In my car we never have a passenger. I could care less if my airbag deploys too forcefully in an accident if no one is there. So can they touch then? If you have a tall driver, and two RFers there are very few times you can actually make it work to not have a RFing seat touch a front seat, KWIM? So far I've done the best I can. *If* someone sat there it would be my giant tall husband and I guess I'm not too worried about the airblag deploying too forcefully at him since he's a big adult and wears a seatbelt. Not to mention, my other option is have him eating the dashboard to make sure the seats don't touch, which I would think is MORE risk from the airbag than touching and possibly screwing up a sensor and having it deploy more forcefully and he's back a safe distance, KWIM?
So in that jumble, I guess my question is, if no one sits there does it matter? And even if someone does sit there and it's a full grown adult man who is belted and a proper distance from the dash, isn't that better than making sure the seat doesn't touch the car seat and he is eating the dash when the thing goes off?
I've always wondered and never asked. I have no clue if my car even warns against it, I just know it has advance airbags and I assumed they couldn't touch and have done my best to accomplish that