Removed seat now Airbag Light is on

[schnellman]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Later, plagued by the persistent airbag light and taking the car into the dealership to get some other work done anyway, as I dropped the car off I casually asked them if they could reset the light. They did, and charged me $95. The same amount the other shop charged me to rebuild the alt!

The don't call 'em stealerships for nothin'.

[Jaxonalden]

Toddgreene,

Don't go to a shop and pay $100 to extinguish the light. Spend a couple more bucks and get the Durametric software and cable, if you have a laptop. You'll be able to see deep into your cars brain and monitor a wide range of parameters.

[toddgreene]

Thanks,

That's what I'm thinking also...

Thanks everyone for the help.

Todd

Originally Posted by Jaxonalden

Toddgreene,

Don't go to a shop and pay $100 to extinguish the light. Spend a couple more bucks and get the Durametric software and cable, if you have a laptop. You'll be able to see deep into your cars brain and monitor a wide range of parameters.

[unclepauly]

i took my boxster in for an annual service last week, and told them about my airbag light being on. they cleared it for free ! maybe i just got lucky...

[Lobo1186]

they should always do it for free. i just got mine cleared. if you have the car On while u pull the seat out you will throw 3 codes, passenger driver seatbelts and the airbag. if you dont disconnect the battery you will throw the airbag only either way brought it in 5 mins later got the car back no code and all for free.

[Kevfra]

Follow-up question to this thread (since same thing happened to me)...

If the light is on for this reason - will the bags fail to function when needed? Does this shut down the system?

[jonnycool]

I took my driver seat out the other week, unplugged it with the keys OUT of the ignition, took the seat belt socket and lead off the seat and fitted it to the new seat, plugged it all back together, put new seat in and turned on the ignition, the airbag light flashed on for a second then went out.

I did not take the battery off at any point, i only took the keys out of the ignition and it all works fine.