I bought and installed the OEM evo X RECARO seats on my GTS. The airbag plugs are the same, but the airbag light came on. Any help on this on what I can do?

 

Has to go to the dealer to be reset most likely. Anytime we do any airbag/seat related stuff at work we have to take it. Anytime the computer senses a change it throws the code.

 

Any time you unplug an airbag the light will turn on. It will stay on until it is reset and usually only the dealer can do or a code reader.

 

So if I take it to the dealer they can get rid of the airbag light for sure

 

 

try disconnecting the battery for 60 seconds, that should reset the computer.

 

I unpluged the battery when I did it

 

That won't work on the airbag light. A code has to be input into the ecu to acknowledge it.

 

Did you try autozone to see the code and maybe clear it!

 

im having the same problem with my recaros in my gts, dealer said they couldnt reset it, error code 4445 "OCM has mismatched VIN" i asked them if I were to give them the vin from the car the seats came from if they could write to the car or whatever and they said no they dont know how to...

 

If you go to the dealer, they will clear it.. Believe me I have the same thing still...

When I put my BRIDE's in I had the sensor on, but thats because I didn't have an airbag, now I have stock recaros in, and still have the light...

 

any help much appreciated

heres what my dealer invoice says
"A Srs Light is on, customer installed new seats srs unable to clear codes 4715 Cp 1.00

4445 OCM has mismatched VIN NOT RESPONSIBLE IF AIR BAGS DO NOT DEPLOY"


and i had to pay 91.00


heres what xxlancergtsxx invoice said


"The customer states airbag light on on after replacing seats, clear codes. Diag perform system diagnostic

10011 air bag light noted concern of air bag light on found several DTC set B223D OCM DTC present- B 1206 PS ABG indicator cir open and reset. Found incorect VIN in PASS seat module- performed DIAG and RELAERN as per Mitsu DIAG- Performed seat weight relearn and cleared SET DTC- Rechecked operation 0- DTC did not reset."

he said his light is not on any more but what does "Rechecked operation 0- DTC did not reset." it says nothing about AIR BAG LIGHT Would not clear just making sure when i go back tomorrow and tell them to do this it will work.

 

Yea I took mine to the dealer and they cleared the cods in like 5 min and updated the seats. I guess I just got lucky

 

i think this dealer is whack, i tested them and asked if they could program a navigation (knowing they could and wondering why they cant program or reset a OCM) and the tech and service person both said NO!

the service person then goes on to elaborate and says it has to come from mitsu like that with navigation installed and that you cant swap parts between models "de es gts, especially evo x"... thats when i knew i was dealing with noobs.

I just went this morning and the service person was like it cant be done. if youd like we can look at it again but its gonna cost you 85.00 again...
im not gonna sit here and argue with you, "the seat vin number is mismatched" (which is the code the car is throwing but its not the SEAT vin number its the OCM vin number). then i asked where is the OCM, both you and your tech said its in the seat right? "yes", i told her she was wrong and that the ocm is actually under the seat and is a removable replaceable part, meaning at some pt it will break and will need to be replaced, it can be done. she replied " the tech also said your seat belt sensors dont work the computer is reading them backwards"



i told her hmm lets go to my car they are working fine, start car both seatbelt lights on plug in seat belts, they go away. her response was "well the tech said that the computer said..." wow.

they ended up taking the vehicle in to service it with no charge, i gave them the info from xxlancergtsxx invoice about a seat relearn/reset and mitsubishi diagnostic so they could do it.

 

Problem fixed. They did exactly what xxlancergtsxx invoice said THANKS!. LIght went out and all is good...the dealer was upset though that I proved them wrong with the help of xxlancergtsxx. They claim i no longer have warranty on my srs system, seats or srs electrical. The seats I understand but not the srs system. Believe me if i ever do need srs warranty work done they will have to prove to me that installing the seats caused the malfunction. the tech didnt even know where the occupant control module (OCM) was ! its that black box under your passenger seat wow !



also, never going to that dealer again (Lone Star Mitsubishi San Antonio, TX)