Interior/Exterior Racing seats and harness "idiot light" problems
#1
Racing seats and harness "idiot light" problems
Hi all;
I installed 2 new corbeau racing seats and harnesses that look great but created a problem. The passenger seat airbag system believes there is a less than 20lb. person in the seat and therefore has disarmed the bag. Does anyone know how to "fool" the system so it re-arms and protects my passenger in a collision. Also the racing harness replaced the stock belt system and now I am plaqued with flashing idiot lights and warning bells. How do I override or fool this car that is apparently smarter than I am. Thanks for any help.
I installed 2 new corbeau racing seats and harnesses that look great but created a problem. The passenger seat airbag system believes there is a less than 20lb. person in the seat and therefore has disarmed the bag. Does anyone know how to "fool" the system so it re-arms and protects my passenger in a collision. Also the racing harness replaced the stock belt system and now I am plaqued with flashing idiot lights and warning bells. How do I override or fool this car that is apparently smarter than I am. Thanks for any help.
#2
i remember an old thread on here about splicing wires together in the seat belt latch/catch thingy to turn off the belt light in the dash. for the air bag i know on some vehicals the weight sensors are attached to the seat where the the frame attaches to the track, look like little boxes sitting onto of a small shaft, and others ive seen are in the cushion itself. if you have a wiring diagram look for the signal wire from the pass. seat to the air bag control module. usually the signal wire either sends a ground signal or like a 5 volt reference to signal the module to activate the bag. i dont know how MINI does it but thats what i have found from the vehicals is work on.
#3
heres the thread. is for the seat belt chime bt usually the chime and the light coinside with each other.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=57059
hope it helps
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=57059
hope it helps
#4
Good thread. Thanks!
Does anybody know how to fool the passenger seat weight sensor though?
Does anybody know how to fool the passenger seat weight sensor though?
heres the thread. is for the seat belt chime bt usually the chime and the light coinside with each other.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=57059
hope it helps
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=57059
hope it helps
#5
from what i have found on realoem it appears the weight sensor is a mat that is between the bottom seat cushion cover and the cushion itself. unless you can find a way to mount that mat on your new seats, i dont know if youll be able to reactivate it. from what i can guess the air bag module is sensing a resistance change through the mat to measure the amout of weight in the seat. and if thats how it works then you could possibly place a resistor with the proper amount of resistance in the circuit and fool the computer to think that it is loaded with enough weight to activate the bag.
Heres a link to the part im talking about. its the coil mat thingy in the middle.
http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?...81&hg=52&fg=10
Heres a link to the part im talking about. its the coil mat thingy in the middle.
http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?...81&hg=52&fg=10
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