Seat Belt removal

[Deserion]

No, the airbags won’t deploy with the seatbelts out. The airbag light will come on when the reels are disconnected which will disable the system until it’s reset.

[jim_hoyland]

Originally Posted by Deserion

No, the airbags won’t deploy with the seatbelts out. The airbag light will come on when the reels are disconnected which will disable the system until it’s reset.

Thank you for that. Does the system reset upon installation of the new seatbelts ?

[Deserion]

Originally Posted by jim_hoyland

Thank you for that. Does the system reset upon installation of the new seatbelts ?

When the airbag wiring circuit is interrupted and the car powered on, it would need reset with a PIWIS/PST2 or Durametric or the like.

[jim_hoyland]

Originally Posted by Deserion

When the airbag wiring circuit is interrupted and the car powered on, it would need reset with a PIWIS/PST2 or Durametric or the like.

Hmm...so doing it myself in the garage will eliminate the reset procedure. I’ve watched several YouTube videos on seatbelt removal. Any tips/cautions from anyone who has done the R/R ?

[BFeller]

Originally Posted by jim_hoyland

Hmm...so doing it myself in the garage will eliminate the reset procedure. I’ve watched several YouTube videos on seatbelt removal. Any tips/cautions from anyone who has done the R/R ?

I believe that once you power the car on, without seatbelts installed, the air bag light will come on, and not turn off until cleared via a Durametric, PST2, etc.