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Hi guys
I am sure I read a thread on here about fitting a wooden steering wheel and fooling the airbag sensor with use of some resistors. I have searched and can’t find the thread😩
Mine in an early car with o e stage airbag. What resistance do I need to put in series between the two airbag wires
Thanks
You can also just pull the airbag sensor box from behind the centre console. Pictures from mine on here somewhere
I wrongly thought that I had 2 airbags. But now I understand that the passenger side doesn’t have one. Now I’ve built the dash so can’t get to the module so will do the resistor solution.
Hi Hugh,
3.3 ohm resistor for each squib that you need to isolate. I had a Two stage airbag so needed to go across the two circuits, two resistors. Check your wires coming out and trace to work out horn and airbag/s as appropriate.
Hope this helps. Cheers.
Oh and remember that faults in the SRS system will hard fault until reset by a scan tool. (Light will stay on even if picking up resistor until cleared)
Hi Hugh,
3.3 ohm resistor for each squib that you need to isolate. I had a Two stage airbag so needed to go across the two circuits, two resistors. Check your wires coming out and trace to work out horn and airbag/s as appropriate.
Hope this helps. Cheers.
Oh and remember that faults in the SRS system will hard fault until reset by a scan tool. (Light will stay on even if picking up resistor until cleared)
Ah! Got me there lol I just bought pre built version off eBay which had a fuse as part of it. Just checked on eBay- it was a yellow sealed unit with 2 amp fuse. Fuse is there to Stop resistor blowing if the airbag is triggered
