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Air bag presence verification
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Air bag presence verification -
02-23-2006
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While looking at a 95 EX/LX in a dealer's lot, how can one verify that there actually is an air bag behind the cover? IOW, can the cover be easily removed and replaced in the dealer's lot by me? If so, how? Thanks. -- bill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. |
intrusive, but if the air bag isn't present the SRS light will stay on.
Mike
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"bill horne" <redydog (AT) rye (DOT) net> wrote in message news:Id-dnVzdMrG262DenZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d (AT) cybersouth (DOT) com... While looking at a 95 EX/LX in a dealer's lot, how can one verify that there actually is an air bag behind the cover? IOW, can the cover be easily removed and replaced in the dealer's lot by me? If so, how? Thanks. -- bill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. 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. |
Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off.
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"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull (AT) cybertrails (DOT) com> wrote in news:FO-dnTHFop3XMmDenZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d (AT) sedona (DOT) net: "bill horne" <redydog (AT) rye (DOT) net> wrote in message news:Id-dnVzdMrG262DenZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d (AT) cybersouth (DOT) com... While looking at a 95 EX/LX in a dealer's lot, how can one verify that there actually is an air bag behind the cover? IOW, can the cover be easily removed and replaced in the dealer's lot by me? If so, how? Thanks. 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. Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off. |
where is it located?
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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
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TeGGeR® wrote: "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull (AT) cybertrails (DOT) com> wrote in news:FO-dnTHFop3XMmDenZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d (AT) sedona (DOT) net: "bill horne" <redydog (AT) rye (DOT) net> wrote in message news:Id-dnVzdMrG262DenZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d (AT) cybersouth (DOT) com... While looking at a 95 EX/LX in a dealer's lot, how can one verify that there actually is an air bag behind the cover? IOW, can the cover be easily removed and replaced in the dealer's lot by me? If so, how? Thanks. 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. Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off. Thanks. Is this plug visible without disassembling something? |
No.
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If so, where is it located? |
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.
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"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull (AT) cybertrails (DOT) com> wrote in news:FO-dnTHFop3XMmDenZ2dnUVZ_v-dnZ2d (AT) sedona (DOT) net: "bill horne" <redydog (AT) rye (DOT) net> wrote in message news:Id-dnVzdMrG262DenZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d (AT) cybersouth (DOT) com... While looking at a 95 EX/LX in a dealer's lot, how can one verify that there actually is an air bag behind the cover? IOW, can the cover be easily removed and replaced in the dealer's lot by me? If so, how? Thanks. -- bill Theory don't mean squat if it don't work. 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. Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off. -- TeGGeR® Good point - although the SRS light won't test when the ignition is turned |
Mike
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"TeGGeR®" <tegger (AT) tegger (DOT) c0m> wrote in message news:Xns977353110875Dtegger (AT) 207 (DOT) 14.113.17... 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. Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off. Good point - although the SRS light won't test when the ignition is turned on that way either, will it? |
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.
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Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off. -- TeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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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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. --------------------------- |
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'
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"TeGGeR®" wrote: Not necessarily. If you unplug the airbag ECU, the light will remain off. -- TeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ 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. |
(can I say "Camry" in here?) yesterday, and the light never came on
under any condition.
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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
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