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ike84 · 12-16-2022, 11:30 AM

This doesn't make any sense to me. The SRS is a physical box hard mounted to the center tunnel under the center console.

First, unless the entire unit has gone bad (water exposure?), it wouldn't just lose it's coding. That's not how rom works.

Second, what does a paint job have anything to do with that system? Or is this just a coincidence?

It may help to find someone with a piwis and do the diagnostic yourself. I have no idea what the procedure is for programming the airbag system but clearing the light is quite easy.

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12-16-2022, 11:30 AM	#5
ike84 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: KY Posts: 1,216	This doesn't make any sense to me. The SRS is a physical box hard mounted to the center tunnel under the center console. First, unless the entire unit has gone bad (water exposure?), it wouldn't just lose it's coding. That's not how rom works. Second, what does a paint job have anything to do with that system? Or is this just a coincidence? It may help to find someone with a piwis and do the diagnostic yourself. I have no idea what the procedure is for programming the airbag system but clearing the light is quite easy. Sent from my SM-N976V using Tapatalk __________________ 2000 Box Base, Renegade Stage 1 performance mods complete, more to come When the owners manual says that the laws of physics can't be broken by this car, I took it as a challenge...