Air bag light...
04-14-2009, 07:36 PM
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Air bag light...
I've swapped out the OE truck steering wheel with the battery off line and dropped a 4 ohm resistor, however the warning light is still on. One point, I did power up the the car to check the horn wiring without the resistor or air bag in place.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
04-14-2009, 08:56 PM
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The airbag light went on because you started the car without your stuff hooked up. Reset it with a Hammer or Durametric or Scantool and you should be fine assuming you have the right resistor size.
04-15-2009, 01:26 AM
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I would be interested in the "correct" fix. The previous owner deactivated the airbag and removed the airbag warning light bulb when he installed the Momo.
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07-25-2009, 11:58 PM
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03-26-2010, 02:10 AM
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I just did this two days ago and a pretty easy DIY on both bag circuits. Airbags were blown years ago and I finally got tired of turning off the red warning light after each engine start up. I used 3.0 ohm, 1/4 watt resistors in each circuit (steering wheel and passenger airbag). I think anything around 2.2-3.0 will work (just don't use 2.2-3.0 K ohm, as some threads suggest).
You don't have to remove the wheel if you already have an aftermarket wheel on. Just remove the black trim pieces (top and bottom held together with the 2 side screws; and the front curved piece held on by 4 screws). I then took off the rubber inserts that sit around the stalks for the turn signal, wipers and cruise control, but you don't have to fully remove them. Next, locate the two green wires that run to and from the airbag. The orange male/female connector in my car was too far under the dash to get to, so I just put the resistor in series between the wires that were cut closer to the airbag.
The passenger circuit is under the dash, right behind the airbag. Gotta remove the glovebox and its door, then you can't miss the orange connector on the back of the bag container. There's only two wires in the loom, so I just cut off the orange connector entirely and placed the resistor in series closer to the wiring harness. Some zip tying, taping, reassembling and you're done. For me, about 1.5 hours total and I'm not much of a wrench. If you're just doing the steering wheel bag, then only 30 minutes maybe. Biggest pain in the whole job was finding resistors in town and those damn J hooks on the glovebox door.
There's a couple of threads on this. Here's one in the 996 forum with nice pics (https://rennlist.com/forums/996-gt2-...-jumper-4.html). Once the resistors are in, then get the airbag light cleared, reset, restart, big smiles...
[Oh, and while I was having my codes cleared on the PST, the mechanic checked what % of full throttle I was getting when the pedal was pushed to the floor. He said almost every 993 he's seen has very low values. Mine was 66%, when in theory it should be over 90%! We put the car up, remove the cover over the tranny, adjusted the throttle cable while the other guy pushed the pedal down. The max we could get it was 82%. Any higher and complete pedal lift would result in a reading higher than 0%. Gotta tell you, for 30 min of mechanics' time, the adjustment is amazing. It's like my throttle was given another life. Next time you're 'in there', check the full throttle reading. It's worth it.]
You don't have to remove the wheel if you already have an aftermarket wheel on. Just remove the black trim pieces (top and bottom held together with the 2 side screws; and the front curved piece held on by 4 screws). I then took off the rubber inserts that sit around the stalks for the turn signal, wipers and cruise control, but you don't have to fully remove them. Next, locate the two green wires that run to and from the airbag. The orange male/female connector in my car was too far under the dash to get to, so I just put the resistor in series between the wires that were cut closer to the airbag.
The passenger circuit is under the dash, right behind the airbag. Gotta remove the glovebox and its door, then you can't miss the orange connector on the back of the bag container. There's only two wires in the loom, so I just cut off the orange connector entirely and placed the resistor in series closer to the wiring harness. Some zip tying, taping, reassembling and you're done. For me, about 1.5 hours total and I'm not much of a wrench. If you're just doing the steering wheel bag, then only 30 minutes maybe. Biggest pain in the whole job was finding resistors in town and those damn J hooks on the glovebox door.
There's a couple of threads on this. Here's one in the 996 forum with nice pics (https://rennlist.com/forums/996-gt2-...-jumper-4.html). Once the resistors are in, then get the airbag light cleared, reset, restart, big smiles...
[Oh, and while I was having my codes cleared on the PST, the mechanic checked what % of full throttle I was getting when the pedal was pushed to the floor. He said almost every 993 he's seen has very low values. Mine was 66%, when in theory it should be over 90%! We put the car up, remove the cover over the tranny, adjusted the throttle cable while the other guy pushed the pedal down. The max we could get it was 82%. Any higher and complete pedal lift would result in a reading higher than 0%. Gotta tell you, for 30 min of mechanics' time, the adjustment is amazing. It's like my throttle was given another life. Next time you're 'in there', check the full throttle reading. It's worth it.]
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