Air Bag light...... Options

[dabazied]

Ok guys, I'm new to this site, new to the mod world, and have only had my 95 celica st for about 2weeks now. First off, hello to all and I love the pics in everybody's post and watching stuff move along piece by piece and seeing my options.

Ok. Here's my problem. I bought the car as-is. I know it was in a wreck before and air bags were deployed. It has been redone and is a great driving car and looks like new for the most part. My airbag light is on. I don't want to go to the toyota dealer just to pay $80 for a diagnostic and them not even do anything. I am gonna try the blinking light, jumping t1 to e1 or whatever it is to see if it's throwing any codes. First question is, will this let me know the problem to my issue? What may be my issue that the air bag light is on?(it's been on since I bought it) And whether it tells me or not, how can I reset the air bag light without dumping out a huge sum of cash for something I could potentially do myself?


Thanks in advance guys and keep up the great work.

[bindertch]

Well for sure you need to disconnect the airbags so that the system won't just set it off at any time. If one of the front sensors is dammaged then if you have to brake hard then the airbag could go off. Here are some troubleshooting guidelines.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/bin...h/Airbag15a.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/bin...h/Airbag15b.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/bindertch/Fig13.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/bindertch/Fig15.jpg

To clear the codes connect a jumper to TC and a separate one to AB. Then apply ground to each TC then AB then TC then AB for 1/2 to 1 1/2 seconds, lastly holding ground on TC till the airbag light blinks rapidly saying the codes are cleared.

This post has been edited by bindertch: Jul 4, 2007 - 4:02 PM

[ddurham]

To clear the codes connect a jumper to TC and a separate one to AB. Then apply ground to each TC then AB then TC then AB for 1/2 to 1 1/2 seconds, lastly holding ground on TC till the airbag light blinks rapidly saying the codes are cleared.

I was working under the dash the other night and disconnected the squib on the passenger side. Little did I know that if you start the car while that's disconnected it'll set the code and stay set. My SRS Airbag light was on constantly after that. I alternately grounded TC, wait 3/4sec, AB, 3/4s, TC, 3/4s, AB, 3/4s, TC (hold) and poof!.. No, the airbag didn't deploy. The error is gone. Thanks!