dreaded airbag - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

dav9515 · 03-22-2018, 11:58 AM

Autel worked on my 986, along with some proper electrical spray in the seat belt receptacles it has not come back (knock on wood)

lcsdoug · 03-22-2018, 12:27 PM

I have a can of deoxit somewhere in my ham shack. I will give that a try. Thanks.

shadrach74 · 03-22-2018, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by lcsdoug

I have a can of deoxit somewhere in my ham shack. I will give that a try. Thanks.

Have you had anything else apart? In addition to the receptacle, there is also a sensor on each inertia real.

Gilles · 03-22-2018, 05:00 PM

FYI, I was Not able to turn the red airbag off on my 987 with the Durametric (not the pro version)

jaykay · 03-22-2018, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lcsdoug

I have a can of deoxit somewhere in my ham shack. I will give that a try. Thanks.

Ham shack? Really cool man..!

husker boxster · 03-23-2018, 05:01 AM

An airbag light doesn't necessarily have to be a bad connection. If you remove a seat or center console and then turn the ignition on, you'll get the light. Put the seat back in and the light will remain on. Once the light is triggered, it has to be reset.

Brian in Tucson · 03-23-2018, 05:28 AM

I'm all for spending massive cash for tools, my Autel works on my 986 just fine.

I think, tho, that just this one time, I'd take it to an indie shop or a dealer and have the fault reset. Get it over with, and worry about getting a compatible scanner later.

lcsdoug · 03-23-2018, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jaykay

Ham shack? Really cool man..!

Well yes we really are cool.

I think, having this car only about a week, it would be best to take it to a service center and have this fixed and give it a check up. There seems to be a myriad of things that can cause this. Thanks for the the replies, I do appreciate it.