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RE: airbags driver , & pass.

How The Circuit Works


The Air Bag Restraint System consists of a Driver's Air Bag, Passenger's Air Bag, Air Bag Diagnostic Module and Crash Sensors.

Air Bag Diagnostic Module
The Air Bag Diagnostic Module contains a microcomputer that monitors electrical system components and connections. The assembly performs a self-check of the microcomputer's internal circuits and energizes the AIR BAG Indicator lamp during prove out and whenever a fault occurs.

Twenty faults can be detected and translated into a coded lamp display. If certain faults occur, the system will be disarmed by a firing disarm device built into the Diagnostic Module. If a system fault exists and the lamp is malfunctioning, a tone will be heard, indicating the need for service.

Sensors
The sensor assembly is an electrical switch that reacts to impacts according to direction and force. It discriminates between impacts that require air bag inflation and impacts that do not require air bag inflation. When an impact that requires air bag inflation occurs, the sensor contacts close, completing the electrical circuit. The system then operates.

Three crash sensors are mounted in the vehicle. At least two sensors - one safing, one forward - must be activated to inflate an air bag.

WARNING :
Do not attempt to diagnose or troubleshoot air bag circuitry without consulting the service manual. Improper troubleshooting could cause the air bags to fire inadvertently, causing injury.
 
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RE: airbags driver , & pass.

ok if i unplug Air Bag Diagnostic Module, will that do the trick? and if so where is it located at?

Rick
 
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RE: airbags driver , & pass.

Behind RH side of Instrument Panel, to the right of glove box, mounted sideways to the RH cowl with the connectors towards the front of the car. I believe it is light blue in color.

I really don't know if that would do the trick. Proceed at your own risk. ;)
 
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RE: airbags driver , & pass.

I would assume you could unhook the wire that goes to the actual airbag itself, which would illuminate the airbag warning light though. Then you could just pull the bulb.
 
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I would assume you could unhook the wire that goes to the actual airbag itself, which would illuminate the airbag warning light though. Then you could just pull the bulb.
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"...If a system fault exists and the lamp is malfunctioning, a tone will be heard, indicating the need for service."
 
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RE: airbags driver , & pass.

Why do you want to disable your airbag? It's a safety device, and it's also against federal law to disable it.

That said, you can order "mexican" air bags through some dealers. They are not air bags, but just covers that fit in the same spot.
 
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RE: airbags driver , & pass.

Since when is it againt federal law to disable your airbags? Manufacturers do it all the time for short people because if they go off they could be severely injured. Also, there is a airbag disable lock on many newer vehicles for the passenger side now.
 
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I'm not crazy about giving out this type of instruction for two reasons: One is the potential for lawsuit, slim in this case but...
and I wouldn't want to give instruction that will assist theives. Airbags are commonly stripped from stolen cars. Let them blow up in their faces.
 
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The easiest way to get rid of the airbags without having the light or any alarm go off is to cut the wire off the airbag and place a 2-7 ohm, 5 watt resistor across it. Here are the steps:

1. Disconnect the battery ground connector.

2. WAIT 1 minute for the battery backup to discharge.

3. Remove the airbags from their mounts.

4. Cut the connector at the airbag, leaving enough to splice it back together at both ends (in case you want to put it back together again).

5. Take the resistor and connect it to the connector that you removed from the airbag assembly. Make sure all connections are insulated.
6. Reconnect it to the original connector sticking out of the dash or steering wheel or both.

When you take apart the airbag connector and just leave it off, the connector is designed to "short out" thus letting the airbag module know something's not right. For example if you dissconect the driver's side airbag, the airbag lamp will flash 3 then 4 - basically a number 34 which is, if you look it up in the service manual says "Driver air bag circuit low resistance or short". Since you took the connector apart and just left it, it will say it's shorted out because that is what the connector is designed to do. The message center will also beep everytime you startup. The connector on the steering column and all the other ones on the airbags are the same. They will either short out, or in the case of the sensors, disconnect from the safety pins in the respective connectors. By placing a 2 - 7 ohm resistor along with the connector, you have given the module a false sense that the airbag is still connected. That is the factory way of testing the airbag system. They tell you NEVER use the airbags for testing. USE THE RESISTOR or what they call an airbag simulator!

BE SURE TO DISCONNECT THE GROUND SIDE OF THE BATTERY AND WAIT ONE MINUTE BEFORE DOING ANY WORK ON THE AIRBAG SYSTEM! NEVER CARRY AN AIRBAG WITH THE FRONT FACING YOU AND NEVER PLACE AN AIRBAG FACE DOWN ON A BENCH OR ON THE GROUND! It only takes 12 volts and very little current to set them off. A small spark could do it. Remember it's a firecracker in there.
I do not know whether it is illiegal to disconnect them or not, but I wouldn't unless I was short or drove the car with my chest right close to the airbag. Then, you ARE at risk of being hurt. Kids should be in the back seat, belted in, at all times unless they are old enough to wear the front seatbelt properly.

Mine went off in my 1994 during an accident, which totalled the car, even though I didn't even touch them.

Mr John
 
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I was in Radio Shack last night and could not find the speaker resistors i mentioned above, but what I did find is 1 ohm 5 watt resistors. You could connect them in series (end to end) and that will make up the 2 ohms needed to fool the airbag module into thinking the airbag is connected.
 
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