aracer

We've installed 996 GT3 seats in 997's. Anyone familiar with how to "jump" plugs under seats for airbag connection? Is this a dealer only shutoff?

OldGuy

Welcomd to the plug, er I mean Club. thats a dealer only jobbie.
I did that in my 996 with the seats and roll bar.
$86 dollars later.....

todinlaw

Yes I just did this last week. You can thank Mooty for this post as he put this out some time ago. it takes the dealer all of 2 seconds to do this. If you track the car you might want to get the TPM's shut off also, Mooty also posted that, I have it if you need it and can't find it on a search.

As many of you know, when you install aftermarket seats (or even Porsche's GT3 seats) you'll end up with an air bag error when you start the car. You will also get an AWS (Automatic Weight Sensor) fault (you don't seen any errors but the Passenger Seat Airbag Off light in the center console lights up).
Turns out it is a trivial task for your Porsche dealer to set some ECU options to deal with all these faults. All you need to do is ask them to use their diagnostic computer to program the following options:
• Driver Thorax Airbag : No
• Passenger Thorax Airbag : No
• Driver Seatbelt Buckle: No
• Passenger Seatbelt Buckle: No
• AWS : No
No more error codes

aracer

thanks so much....I've over rided the belt with a bypass wire....I wonder if anyone has done the same to the thorax plug?

C.J. Ichiban

after the first half of a lap the seat belt chime shuts off...lol

mooty

I wouldn't use a jumper.
Do some research and get it right

lumpking

I have installed the 7 CF seats and proceeded to the local dealer in my area to have fault codes removed. They all looked at me like I was crazy. The dealer refused and called PCNA to verify that they can't assume liabillity. How did you guys get the dealers to do this?

03-turbo911

lumpking, long time! Try another dealer or ship it over here.

mooty

every dealer's different and mine knows i am insane and do just about everything i ask for....

todinlaw

You have to get the right dealer. We have two in town, they both sponsor our DE's and club races. We generally schedule our tech inspections with the dealers. We scratch there back and they scrach ours, so to speak.