i've asked a few friends and my dealer but no one seems to know the answer. I'm replacing my stock seats with new aftermarket ones and the only problem i'm running into is the srs cable (it's yellow) that wraps around beneath the seat. If i don't reconnect that cable, will my front airbags be disabled or just my side airbags?

Thanks

 

From what I can tell from the service manual, the front bags would still fire in a head-on collision. I'm reading now about how you might be able to wire in a resistor to fool the SRS-ECU into thinking there's an airbag there, so the light will shut off.

Edit:

It's looking for continuity between the two pins in the connector under your seat, with less than two ohms resistance. If you know what that means, you could try putting a 1-ohm or 1.5-ohm resistor in there (or a potentiometer dialed down to about that) and disconnect your battery for a minute to reset the SRS-ECU code that is stored. Then reconnect your battery and start your car. The SRS light should come on for a few seconds, then shut off.

The problem is, in the event of a crash where it tries to fire the side airbag, I don't know what the ignition signal is. I'm pretty sure it would fry a 1/4 amp resistor. If I were to try this, I'd probably build the resistor into a car audio fuse holder just in case.


As always with airbags, proceed with caution.

 

why cant you reconnect the cable? are you replacing the seatbelts too?

 

he is talking about the side impact air bags, they are in the seats.

 

oh. whats with all this extra safety. screw that. my grandparents did just fine with the metal dash and 5000 pound assistance.

that got me thinking!

put a plow on the front of your lancer!

 

I've been wanting spring bumpers to push people out of the way with awhile now.

 

I've seen pickup trucks around here with railroad ties for bumpers. How would that look on an RA?