Hes referring to this thing that they sell on ebay, it plugs into the passenger occupancy sensor plug under the seat when a seat sensor has failed. It basically forces the sensor to believe that the occupancy sensor is working but IDK if it keeps it on or off (either way id imagine it would not be pleasant to get in an accident and all the airbags go off, or they dont go off at all)
It would at least be worth it to see if it is a recall and can be fixed for free. At the end of the day its up to you but I wouldn't play with your safety like that man.
400ohm + a diode forces it to be believe there is an occupant.
diode bypass forces it to believe there is no occupant.
Having the airbag deploy without an occupant is in no way a safety risk, in fact, not doing this is the safety risk since the passenger air bags are fully disabled without this thinger.
Can I just call in with a VIN to check if there is a recall on this issue?
I would, but I don't understand it we'll enough to do it, I have the soft wear just need the cable. I don't really have much money so if I F**k things up I'm done:tsk:. I did run in to a tutorial u posted can u link it here, I'll build up the confidence. Just want to read in to it some more. Thx:thumbup:
I don't think driver seat have a mat sensor, but why would you need a driver seat mat sensor when the drver seat has to be occupied if the car is driving.
I check with dealer to see if there was a recall for this and they run my vin and say there are no recall on my vehicle.
Under neath the passenger sit .access from the back seat. Have to unplug one end and plug in eBay resistor in.
If the sensor is bad have to replace that too reset with inpa software. Should work.
Does anyone know if there is a cheaper disabler resistor? I thought I saw one for around 20$ but now I'm finding them for 60+$ ranging to 150$
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