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29th March 2013, 14:55
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Can I unplug underseat airbag connections ?
I think I need to give these a blast with some electrical connection cleaner of some sort because my air bag light comes on and off underneath the passenger seat.
When I wiggle the wires it goes off but comes back on in a day or two.
Can i safely just disconnect the plug underneath with engine off without anything happening ?
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Originally Posted by saxostevtr
had my car lowered 40mm front and back and now the whole car seems to vibrate.
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Originally Posted by nappert
bet your bird likes it tho
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29th March 2013, 14:57
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29th March 2013, 15:38
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Yes but the light will stay on. Take the bulb out. Problem solved
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29th March 2013, 15:41
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Originally Posted by D4NNY-801
Yes but the light will stay on. Take the bulb out. Problem solved
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Won't go through mot.
Unplug the battery and leave it for 15-20 min before unplugging them, may be just for taking the steering wheel out but just to be safe 
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29th March 2013, 15:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D4NNY-801
Yes but the light will stay on. Take the bulb out. Problem solved
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*sigh
Problem hidden.
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lol because you are a brand fag
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29th March 2013, 19:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D4NNY-801
Yes but the light will stay on. Take the bulb out. Problem solved
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Mk2 Saxo dash is LED's.
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30th March 2013, 11:50
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I didn't mean take the plug out permanently. I can't stand the thought of hiding a problem and not fixing it. The light tells me there's something wrong with the airbag system so why would I ignore it.
I meant, just to clean it or blow some compressed air in their I think it should fix it. It seems to be just a dirty connection.
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Originally Posted by saxostevtr
had my car lowered 40mm front and back and now the whole car seems to vibrate.
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Originally Posted by nappert
bet your bird likes it tho
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30th March 2013, 11:57
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D4NNY-801
Yes but the light will stay on. Take the bulb out. Problem solved
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Wrong. MOT fail created.
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Can i safely just disconnect the plug underneath with engine off without anything happening ?
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Yeah you can though the rule of thumb would be to unplug the battery while working on electrics.
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30th March 2013, 12:06
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My old 106 went through two MOTs with the airbag light on, it's an advisory not a failure.
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30th March 2013, 12:38
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It's now a failure with the new rules. I'm pretty sure. They started from the 20th of this month.
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30th March 2013, 13:20
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Nope. MOT fail if the light is on but if its not there altogether then its not a fail. Just done my MOT course, its like a loop hole
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30th March 2013, 17:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D4NNY-801
Nope. MOT fail if the light is on but if its not there altogether then its not a fail. Just done my MOT course, its like a loop hole
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Unlike Ireland where if the light doesn't come on with ignition, even from factory they want a letter from the manufacturer as proof!
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30th March 2013, 18:16
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Never known a tester to be that picky. If you tell them its never had one theyre supposed to give you the benifit of a doubt
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30th March 2013, 18:22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D4NNY-801
Never known a tester to be that picky. If you tell them its never had one theyre supposed to give you the benifit of a doubt
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There always being watched now as people where going in throwing the testers a few quid to pass the car if it had problems..
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19th April 2013, 11:17
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L-plater
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Ive noticed the Orange cable running under the passenger seat is ripped and my airbag light is on, is this the earth? or is there anyway to tell? andd can i solder it back together?
Cheers
Ross
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19th April 2013, 19:12
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L-plater
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I read on here somewhere, that you can solder in new wires and do away with the plug, just make sure the new wires go to the correct old wires
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19th April 2013, 19:35
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Recently had same problem wasn't until I cleared fault with lexia did it stop coming back
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