jarod4

So ive owned my 2008 Evo X for a few months now and since i bought it the airbag light has been on. After doing some digging i found that my car is missing its airbag module completely! why would someone take or remove this? Anyways i bought a used module online and i know that it is programmed with the VIN from the original car it was on but my question is is there some way to reprogram it to my car? The dealership is say i have to buy a whole new one but thats $$$. As an electrical engineering with some background in computer coding i know that anything that is coded can be recoded so i dont know why they say they cant do this? I need to reset it and reprogram it. Any help would be appreciated.

Biggiesacks

They can't do it because of liability. Airbags are a safety feature and if they install a piece of equipment without knowing its condition they are assuming all the risk of it malfunctioning and blowing the bags and potentially injuring you or your passenger.

4b11slayer

The module is likely variant coded.
Once it marrys a vin number thats it.
Similar to a hondata ecu.

jarod4

Wanted to say that i found a company in Allen Texas that set my used airbag module for me for $50. (TAKE THAT steelership!)