Permanently remove passenger seat?

[AlaxyGalaxy]

Originally Posted by CTScott

1. Leave everything connected: Remove the passenger seat, disassemble it to remove the 4 passenger occupancy sensors (which connect the main part of the seat to the frame) and the wiring between them and the passenger occupancy ECU (the little black box mounted the bottom of the passenger seat). You would then tuck all of that someplace (under the center console for example). You would also need to leave the passenger seatbelt latch internals connected (but, they too can be tucked under the console).

Hello, I realize this thread is 7 years old and hasn't seen any activity in over 3 years, but I have some questions:

I want to remove the pax seat in my 2004 Echo hatch to make a 600km roadtrip on Monday to pick up some parts, and I'd rather have the airbags working for the duration.

I'm thinking of going to the scrapyard and picking up either a seat (35$) and remove the back or just rip out the sensor (9$).

Are you aware if the sensors for Echos are compatible throughout all years? I remember the bit that goes inside the seat looking rather flimsy. How durable are these thing? I was thinking of leaving the lot dangling down on the floor under my heavy engine parts and plastic bins.