How do I turn on the passenger side airbag on my 2008 vw r32? While I'm at it where do I get a copy of the owners manual?

The light will reset when the fault that turned it on is diagnosed and repaired. At this time your airbags are disabled, drive carefully.

Not possible, or legal. Only some truck models will allow you to turn off the passenger side airbag for when you have a baby car seat in the truck.

on most newer-ish vehicles there is a weight sensor built in to the passenger seat which detects if there is a person in the seat.

disconnect the battery, this will cut off the power to the airbag

The passenger side airbag is a lot easier then driver side. Take the glove box out and you will see two 10mm bolts holding it in place. When you open the passenger side front door, remove the panel on the side of the dash and you will see yellow connectors.The 1 closest to the front is attached to the air bag, it is clipped into the frame. Just pull it loose and take it out and your done. For the Driver side, it takes a skinny T27 to remove the two star bolts, then just disconnect the horn red clip and ground and install new airbag. The module is located under the passenger seat, underneath the carpet. Kinda stupid but thats where its at. You also need to replace the front impact sensor located behind the grille on the back side of the metal bar to each side. Follow the hood latch down. Also just to make sure, you know to disconnect the battery before you do all this. You don't want new airbags to accidentally deploy.

all the lights are actually described in detail in the owners manual.

This should be for the passenger side airbag. If an adult is sitting in the passenger side seat and there is a light that says airbag off then you have a problem either with the passenger side airbag or with the passenger side seat detector. Start up the car and sit in the passenger seat, buckle the seat belt and make sure the light now says airbag on. If this does not happen take car to dealer. Dealers have correct computers to enter the airbag modules to read and diagnose the fault code.

usually you can insert your key in the slot thats near the airbag light in the dash and rotate it to turn it on and off