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Old 11-17-03, 09:43 AM
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Air bag light disable?

Ok guys, Im so sick of my air bag light, its been blinking at me since i bought the damn car, I dont care to fix it ($$) and because I have plans of getting the efini wheel anyways..

Ive heard that if i pull the bulb that a buzzer will sound. I know all about the different codes from the light and why mine is blinking. How do I turn it off, At this point im about to put some electrical tape over the panel.

someone please help me!
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Mine has been blinking since january. I gave up caring. It blinks, I ignore it. It's a healthy relationship.

And the blinking is much better than the beeping, believe me
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I wonder if i can put a resistor across the thing so it thinks it has a bulb in it...

edit: just talked to my electrical engineer here, he told me a resistor would probably work.. and gave me some to try out, Ill test it, find the right one and post. then we can all turn this F!@#%@# thing off

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remove the airbag ecu. its on the inside firewall above the drivers right foot.
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This wont cause it to deploy or anything funky like that will it?
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of course not but unplug the airbag at the connector under the steering column first just to extra safe.
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LOL, that would suck if it deploys for no odd reason. And the blinking light is better than the beeping; every time somebody goes in my car they say whats that noise and I tell them to ignore it cuse it beeps for like a minute or so.
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I pulled the lamp for the air bag out and it beeps for a minute then stops
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Originally posted by rockshox
remove the airbag ecu. its on the inside firewall above the drivers right foot.
Have you actually performed this mod? If so, did it work?
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Re: Air bag light disable?

Originally posted by XSTransAm
Ok guys, Im so sick of my air bag light, its been blinking at me since i bought the damn car, I dont care to fix it ($$) and because I have plans of getting the efini wheel anyways..

Ive heard that if i pull the bulb that a buzzer will sound. I know all about the different codes from the light and why mine is blinking. How do I turn it off, At this point im about to put some electrical tape over the panel.

someone please help me!
Electrical tape worked for me. At least until I figure out how to do it the right way
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Removing the airbag ECU will not fix the problem.

I disconnected both connections to my SRS ECU, it only changes the flashing to a solid "on all the time" warning light.

Putting a resistor across the leads WILL fix the problem.
Removing the bulb WILL mask the problem.

The bulb housing looks like:

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Push up on the right tab (produces counter-clockwise movement) with a long screwdriver, or use a deep socket and a nicely proportioned ratchet. Otherwise use a resistor or pull the gauge cluster (no thanks).
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yes i have performed the mod and yes of course it worked. you remove the light bulb AND the ecu. no ecu no beep, the end. i still need to get around to removing the passenger airbag but i removed the front sensors.
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