cobra misano lux seats
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SturdyHSV said:
No idea to be honest, I assume there's somewhere as part of the mount that they bolt to, but couldn't say for sure.
To all, the fish have a tech2 don't they? To turn off airbag light....
But I though that you needed some form of load resistors in the plugs otherwise the airbag light would be constantly set offTo all, the fish have a tech2 don't they? To turn off airbag light....
gsd2000 said:
But I though that you needed some form of load resistors in the plugs otherwise the airbag light would be constantly set off
Mmm, I'm unsure whether it's a resistance provided by the side airbag unit (=problem) or just to do with the pre tensioners as I seem to have read somewhere... Nothing insurmountable hopefully...
KMud said:
SturdyHSV said:
To all, the fish have a tech2 don't they? To turn off airbag light....
Ah, so it's on? ![banghead](/inc/images/banghead.gif)
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MyM8V8 said:
You can't just turn that fault off. It's a latched fault so has to be fixed first or it will re-occur. As G said, you need some form of resistor with the correct value wiring in to the circuit (
GaryH) to mimick the air bag signal, then you turn the light off with the tech 2.
I presume there's a plug/connector coming from the airbag in the seat, I should in theory be able to take a meter to that and find out the resistance? ![shout](/inc/images/shout.gif)
MyM8V8 said:
You can't just turn that fault off. It's a latched fault so has to be fixed first or it will re-occur. As G said, you need some form of resistor with the correct value wiring in to the circuit (
GaryH) to mimick the air bag signal, then you turn the light off with the tech 2.
Yeah, that's understood - someone (one of the US chaps IIRC) had a theory that the system took inventory of its airbags when the battery was connected and monitored them from there, but clearly it is hard-coded. ![shout](/inc/images/shout.gif)
I'm aware it's an MOT failure, I'm hoping the following 5 months or so should be enough time to sort something out... ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
'MaverickMan' (American guy who has these fitted in his GTO) was insistent that it's disconnecting the seat belt pre-tensioners that trip the light, I'll get in touch with him again for a bit more info.
As I wasn't on hand when the work was done, it's possible the battery wasn't disconnected early enough in the process, so the light was tripped because of the pre-tensioners, or it's equally possible that when it is re-connected the car does an inventory of the airbags and expects to find some in the seats = light on.
We shall see. Either way, I'll find a solution before MOT time![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
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In the meantime I shall also try to avoid having any catastrophic accidents, as I presume the entire airbag system is now disabled.
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'MaverickMan' (American guy who has these fitted in his GTO) was insistent that it's disconnecting the seat belt pre-tensioners that trip the light, I'll get in touch with him again for a bit more info.
As I wasn't on hand when the work was done, it's possible the battery wasn't disconnected early enough in the process, so the light was tripped because of the pre-tensioners, or it's equally possible that when it is re-connected the car does an inventory of the airbags and expects to find some in the seats = light on.
We shall see. Either way, I'll find a solution before MOT time
![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
EDIT:
In the meantime I shall also try to avoid having any catastrophic accidents, as I presume the entire airbag system is now disabled.
Edited by SturdyHSV on Wednesday 21st November 09:08
speed4u said:
The airbags normally work on seeing a resistance so the airbag ok signal can be sometimes replaced with a resistor of the correct value its possible that the pre tensions work on the same principle thats whay i've heard :-)
The pre-tensioners are still in there and fitted, so I'll head over to the fish and see if just clearing the code sorts it. I'll count myself lucky if it does, I suspect there'll be more work to come here.SturdyHSV said:
In the meantime I shall also try to avoid having any catastrophic accidents, as I presume the entire airbag system is now disabled.
Edited by SturdyHSV on Wednesday 21st November 09:08
My understanding is that even with the warning lit - it should still *try* to fire the airbags in the event of an accident. It should not just decide to skip deployment because it thinks there is an error.
I could be wrong though - that's mostly based on hearsay!
SturdyHSV said:
I'm aware it's an MOT failure, I'm hoping the following 5 months or so should be enough time to sort something out... ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
'MaverickMan' (American guy who has these fitted in his GTO) was insistent that it's disconnecting the seat belt pre-tensioners that trip the light, I'll get in touch with him again for a bit more info.
As I wasn't on hand when the work was done, it's possible the battery wasn't disconnected early enough in the process, so the light was tripped because of the pre-tensioners, or it's equally possible that when it is re-connected the car does an inventory of the airbags and expects to find some in the seats = light on.
We shall see. Either way, I'll find a solution before MOT time![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
EDIT:
In the meantime I shall also try to avoid having any catastrophic accidents, as I presume the entire airbag system is now disabled.
Please let us have the results of the investigation then. Ta ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
'MaverickMan' (American guy who has these fitted in his GTO) was insistent that it's disconnecting the seat belt pre-tensioners that trip the light, I'll get in touch with him again for a bit more info.
As I wasn't on hand when the work was done, it's possible the battery wasn't disconnected early enough in the process, so the light was tripped because of the pre-tensioners, or it's equally possible that when it is re-connected the car does an inventory of the airbags and expects to find some in the seats = light on.
We shall see. Either way, I'll find a solution before MOT time
![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
EDIT:
In the meantime I shall also try to avoid having any catastrophic accidents, as I presume the entire airbag system is now disabled.
Edited by SturdyHSV on Wednesday 21st November 09:08
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gsd2000 said:
if you work the value out let us all know ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
I definitely won't be keeping it to myself. Here's hoping it's a simple fix.![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
As much as I loved the original seats for their sheer comfort, I am so far pretty sold on the new ones. Time will tell after the honeymoon period I suppose, after a 200 mile drive I may not be so chipper!
Last night I just wanted to go down in the rain and stare at the car, hard to believe they're in there!
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