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Old 11-10-2011, 07:02 PM
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Default Air bag question!!!
Does anyone know how to make the light go off? Mine has has all airbags i assume go off, the diagnotic machine says open circuit, can i remove a fuse or resistor etc to fool the car?????? Renault Clio
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Old 11-10-2011, 07:03 PM
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usually means a new ecu after a accident
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ok so i assume the light is an led or bulb on an 02???? Anyway to "break" the led if its that? It also puts the service light on so need to break or take bulb from that!!! Happy without the airbags as aftermarket awesome steering wheel and all leather retrim!
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That's the price you pay for having an uber rare, uber fancy, genuine Noble steering wheel mate.


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Think you can, you need to place a resistor of sutiable value across the airbag connection, thus no longer an open circuit and fools the ECU into thinking the airbag is present.

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Originally Posted by martysmartie
Think you can, you need to place a resistor of sutiable value across the airbag connection, thus no longer an open circuit and fools the ECU into thinking the airbag is present.

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Yes just asked on the v6 forum and apparently there is a chap who knows the resistor value as he changed steering wheel and seats so pm'd him
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Phil next problem is that as of next year vosa are making air bag light part of the mot


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Originally Posted by STUCOS
Phil next problem is that as of next year vosa are making air bag light part of the mot


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wont that be from a certain year though? If my light is off then i doubt they will realise?

to edit the resistor works and actually fools the car to think it has airbags so light on then off after check!
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also did you realise an airbag has a 10 year shelf life so how will the mot implement that??????????????
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Originally Posted by Ima Racing
wont that be from a certain year though? If my light is off then i doubt they will realise?

to edit the resistor works and actually fools the car to think it has airbags so light on then off after check!
I know, so what do I win

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yes phil.most car makers put a 10 yr life on airbags,we were just discussing this at work,woundering when it will come in to the test,who,s going to replace the bag on a 10 yr old mondeo so they can get an mot

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Originally Posted by Ima Racing
wont that be from a certain year though? If my light is off then i doubt they will realise?

to edit the resistor works and actually fools the car to think it has airbags so light on then off after check!
Jan 2012 any car originally fitted with an airbag from new will have to be (a) present (b) the light will have to sequence as per manufacturers spec, all this info is automatically printed on the vt 40 for the tester verify its correct.
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what happens if you fit an aftermarket wheel ?????????
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Surely only the drivers bag should be applicable? But aslong as the resistor fools the ecu i will fool the mot! The steering wheel i have came with a resistor!!!!
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Originally Posted by STUCOS
what happens if you fit an aftermarket wheel ?????????
Then it will be a failure as you have removed the bag!

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Originally Posted by STUCOS
yes phil.most car makers put a 10 yr life on airbags,we were just discussing this at work,woundering when it will come in to the test,who,s going to replace the bag on a 10 yr old mondeo so they can get an mot

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So a 2002 luxury lexus thats worth 1k with multible airbags what 8? Will be scrapped! I cant see this law working?
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Originally Posted by Ima Racing
Surely only the drivers bag should be applicable? But aslong as the resistor fools the ecu i will fool the mot! The steering wheel i have came with a resistor!!!!
Woulden't be so sure, if the car left the factory with one it should be present, at least that is the stance I would take if I were the tester!

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Pretty sure you could get around it the same way you could get around having a de-cat previously... stick on an airbag'd steering wheel, MOT the car, then replace with your aftermarket genuine Noble jobbie.

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who,s going to replace the bag on a 10 yr old mondeo so they can get an mot
Fiddy.


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Originally Posted by Ima Racing
So a 2002 luxury lexus thats worth 1k with multible airbags what 8? Will be scrapped! I cant see this law working?
Nothing would surprise me at the moment!

Just look how things are going at the moment with 'LEZ' and vehicles having to meet 'Euro 4', there are going to be vast amounts of vehicles scrapped from that, unless you pay to have a DPF fitted!

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its obviously got that shit steering wheel on it, cos when it was crashed the airbag went off. and a Ł100 halfords steering wheel was cheaper than a renault wheel with bag lol
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I have the og wheel with airbag so should be ok lol, but i cant see it coming in because of the scrapping situ, airbags are stupid money, and if older than 10 years they aint garanteed to work!
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Originally Posted by Ima Racing
Surely only the drivers bag should be applicable? But aslong as the resistor fools the ecu i will fool the mot! The steering wheel i have came with a resistor!!!!
If the warning lamp works in accordance with the type of air bag fitted it will pass, and its for all air bags and pre tensioners fitted.
After market steering wheels with no air bag fitted on a car that would of had one from new will fail, it will mean alot of people will be swapping steering wheels for an mot
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back to the top for the daytime crew as this affects some cosworths too!!!!

Airbag law?
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I thought the airbag was already part of the MOT My M3's airbag light came on pretty much as it passed 10 years old
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