I decided to make a thread with a title that would be easy to look up for somebody else with the same questions. i searched and dident find all the info i needed. i just bought another evo this one had front end damage the air bags did go off so i am asking parts need to be replaced. i bought a new dash and steering wheel already so whats left ? i dont wanna miss any parts i also heard the srs computer can be reset thanks for the help guys

srs computer can be reset ?
the two sensors in the front of the car ?
dash/pass air bag
steering wheel /drivers air bag

anything else

 

Try downloading the service manual and look under the srs system/air bag system componnents.

 

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For sure the SRS computer can have it's faults reset. Even though it takes the dealer monkey 2 minutes to do it, get ready to pay for a full hour of labor.

 

well ill add that to my list of things to do thanks again.

 

air bag systems have two sensors that work togather so the bag will not inflate for lets say hitting your garbage can. you will need to change the front impact sensors or whichever end of the car was hit. That is what is setting off your sas light. Then reset airbag computer. And yes it will cost $$$$ anything air bag realated is $$$$. You do not need to replace your air bags unless they deploy.

 

well the air bags went and i have replacements i just wanted to no if i could go ahead and replace them without getting the computer reset ? i dont want them to blow again after i install them just cause the computer was not reset.

 

I'm sure Evolutions have pretensioners. They would need to be replaced too if they went off.

 

If your SRS light is on, you need to reset the SRS ECU. Provided there are no faults, you should be able to swap the air bag units without having to reset the ECU. I can't say whether deployment requires a reset or not. I don't want you to get yourself killed. I hooked and unhooked the air bag unit in the Talon's steering wheel several times to work on various things with no faults, but then again I've never had them deploy.

 

They were deployed. He will need to reset it.

 

thanks for the help guys so ill just drive it to the dealer with them blown get the srs reset then install the new ones.

 

So how much did it end up costing you from the stealership to have your SRS computer reset? Also how hard was it to replace both airbags?

 

air bags were easy to replace i got a hole new dash so the pass side airbag was already done for me and as for the steering wheel there are a few good write ups on here took me a few hours to do it all with a friend and the cars never been to the dealer yet .

 

You'd go to the dealer after you replaced all the bags and pretensioners, not before. Personally, I'd get a used one or have it reset by someone else, Subaru wouldn't reset the controller on an STi I replaced the bags with.