Any electricians or mechanics out there please help me out. I got a 99
Maxima. I can't pass my state inspection because my airbag light won't
turn off. I took it to the dealer and they were going to charge me the
OUTRAGEOUS price of $4300 to fix it & with my budget I can't pay that.
I know there has got to be a way around this. All I need to is to get
this light turned off or just to fix it as minimally as possible just
so the light will go off. They're trying to tell me to fix stuff that
I KNOW has nothing to do with this light. Any advice would be
appreciated, because I can't even drive my car right now, since it
won't pass inspection.

Fresh2DeathMaXiMa wrote:

the automatic seatbelt light that was on until I got a junk yard
replacement. Be creative.

There is a simple reset procedure. I don't remember the specifics it but I
did it to my maxima 6 months ago and the light hasn't returned. Try
maxima.org.

"Fresh2DeathMaXiMa" <beauteousmama (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

- ECU reset = batt off 30 min.
- take nuisance lamp out -or- solder one lamp parallel to charge light


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"take nuisance lamp out" seems like they build them to make it more
difficult to get to the lamps than to just fix the problem...at least the
vehicles I've tried.

"Wiikinki" <Wiikinki.29elxs (AT) no-mx (DOT) carstalk.net> wrote

Wiikinki wrote:
Will it still be a nuisance when the airbags fail to deploy if he is
unfortunate enough to be involved in an accident?

The light being lit indicates that the airbags are not working. There
is a method to reset the light and if the airbag computer doesn't
detect the fault after resetting the light, it will stay off. If the
light is reset, but the fault condition persists, the airbag computer
will set the light again - so caveat emptor.

For directions on how to reset the light, a quick search of this group
will provide the answer.

Cheers,
Nirav

More ppl get killed servicing & manufacturing airbags than they 'save'. Pls refer to: UGA statistics professor Mary C. Meyer: "new analysis of existing data indicates that, ... airbags ... increased probability of death in accidents."
University of Georgia Date: 2005-06-01
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0602011343.htm

The toxics used in bags do ruin our environment and then some: one inhale, if bag ruptures, leaves you 4minutes lifetime, with or without lamps. Man youre dead, no body can do nothing to ya but bury... luckily doesnt happen too often.

I havent got any airbags, luckily in my maxima there has never been... I hate to drive ol shaky ammo in front of me... I guess half US cars today do not have bags, the other half either stolen or malfunctional: killin babies.

News articles tell that lots ppl dont either have airbags - after the so called maintenance... They tell its good income on serviceman to plug bags out and sell it in blk market. (Not my invention, let the article writers give comment). Dear reader: do you actually know if theres an airbag still installed, or has it been spirited off?

If one does such bypasses for himself, I guess its morally ok. If he then sells it without informing buyer, I guess its felony. However, all laws should always be respected; (here every car owner by default is under criminal law, so I must be a criminal by default... so why bother splittin hairs.)

Criminal: I think its criminal to try to charge 5k from bags on a car which is worth less.

But yes, at least in ideal heaven, there should not be need to bypass warn in lights... so in one sense Nirav youre right: dont ever do anythin illegal or anythin smbdy might think its illegal... like own a car.


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