Air bag presence verification

You really can't tell if it's behind the cover without getting pretty intrusive, but if the air bag isn't present the SRS light will stay on.

Mike

"Michael Pardee" wrote in news:FO-dnTHFop3XMmDenZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@sedona.net:

Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off.

Thanks. Is this plug visible without disassembling something? If so, where is it located?

bill horne wrote in news:bsKdnbjYCfoOr2PenZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@cybersouth.com:

No.

Don't know about your car. Under the dash somewhere. It won't be in a place you can easily reach it. You can tell it because all the connectors are bright yellow.

Good point - although the SRS light won't test when the ignition is turned on that way either, will it?

Mike

"Michael Pardee" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@sedona.net:

Nope. We've got the airbag disconnected in our '99 Tercel. The SRS light never comes on.

Airbag disconnection is legal where I live. Most garages will do it for you for about $40.

That is not correct. The SRS indicator is designed to stay on solid if the indicator control circuit is either shorted to ground or open. A short to power on the same circuit WILL result in the SRS indicator never coming on.

That means no bulb check sequence (on for 6 second, then off;if no problem detected) when the IG switch is turned to the Run position.

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I'm sure the kind of criminals who would sell a car with 'faked' air bags know exactly what kind of resistor / capacitor to insert in the circuit to defeat the fail-safe system :-( (Probably got it off the Internet)

'Curly'

I haven't gotten back to the Accord yet, but I looked at a 97 Camry (can I say "Camry" in here?) yesterday, and the light never came on under any condition.

TomP wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@socal.rr.com:

Maybe Honda does it differently. I've got a '99 Toyota sitting in my driveway right now with an unplugged airbag. The SRS light never comes on ever. And I even left the seatbelt pretensioners plugged in.

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