 Airbag light!, Anyone successfully fixed it? |
 Sep 26, 2009 - 2:42 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%)  |
I've got an airbag light on in my car, and it's been there ever since I bought the car, though it's never been in an accident. Now I'm trying to sell the car, and would like to fix it first because I don't really want to get sued, though I'm not sure they could if I'm not trying to hide the light by pulling the fuse or anything.
Anyway, mine is throwing a code 11, which is for a short to ground somewhere. Following the BGB I did a resistance test of both font sensors, the spec is 755-855 ohms and I got about 815-ish for both. So they are still good. That's about all I had to time to test yesterday, but I'm making this thread so people who have had this problem and successfully repaired it can post what they did to fix it. And I don't consider pulling the fuse to be a "successful repair." Also post what code(s) yours threw. --------------------  94 GT - Sold -------- 69 Pontiac Lemans - Sold 88 Alltrac - Sold ---- 04 WRX - Sold 00 GT-S - Sold ------ 91 Miata - project/drift car 95 GT - Sold -------- 96 GT - New Daily Drive |
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Sep 29, 2009 - 2:39 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%) |
well, after much diagnostic time today. my code 11 mysteriously disappeared, but is replaced by code 31, which is much easier to diagnose... the BGB's diagnostic process for code 31:
Do you have a code 31? Yes Replace Center airbag sensor module that's it...  I wish I had just gotten this code to begin with, that takes much less time to diagnose than removing both the airbags and measuring resistance across a billion things...
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Sep 30, 2009 - 4:27 AM
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QUOTE (6strngs @ Sep 29, 2009 - 3:39 PM)  well, after much diagnostic time today. my code 11 mysteriously disappeared, but is replaced by code 31, which is much easier to diagnose... the BGB's diagnostic process for code 31: Do you have a code 31? Yes Replace Center airbag sensor module that's it... I wish I had just gotten this code to begin with, that takes much less time to diagnose than removing both the airbags and measuring resistance across a billion things...The inexpensive way to doing this is to take a a very strong magnet to the center portion of the airbag sensor at the front of the car, or for cosmetics, remove the bulb entirely for the gauge cluster, albeit you will still receive the code 31 from the detection module. -------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6strngs Airbag light! Sep 26, 2009 - 2:42 PM
6strngs *cricket* *cricket* Sep 29, 2009 - 12:06 AM
6strngs QUOTE (Celiquick @ Sep 30, 2009 - 2... Sep 30, 2009 - 11:16 AM samir0189 Very interesting that I just got code 31 monday, r... Sep 30, 2009 - 2:53 PM 6strngs QUOTE (samir0189 @ Sep 30, 2009 - 12... Sep 30, 2009 - 3:23 PM samir0189 I did read on the visor that the airbag system ... Sep 30, 2009 - 3:32 PM medlinjl QUOTE (samir0189 @ Sep 30, 2009 - 3... Dec 10, 2009 - 7:10 PM samir0189 QUOTE (medlinjl @ Dec 10, 2009 - 8:1... Dec 10, 2009 - 7:11 PM 6strngs QUOTE (medlinjl @ Dec 10, 2009 - 4:1... Dec 10, 2009 - 9:04 PM |
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