Tuesday, December 8, 2009

WRX airbags

So yesterday I had fun driving around in my 05 WRX and the airbag dummy light on. At first I thought this was an issue with the actual airbag so I plugged in my code reader (computer) and nothing... blah, so much for that. I took apart the steering column covers but couldn't find any loose wires anywhere and taking off the wheel would have been a disaster.
After spending a few hours searching online I found out the STI has this issue every now and then where the airbag light would turn on. Turns out it's a simple fix -- seat sensors! It all of a sudden made perfect sense to me, I carried a large load over the weekend after installing a floor and must have push on that connector. Crawling under the seat (more of my hands) I tightened the connector and voala! Sooooo glad that it wasn't the airbag, that would have been at least $$$ just for the popper (not accounting for which one of the two)!
I'll keep this in mind for a long time if that connector comes out again.

Some neat things I found out after doing this: the WRX seat would be an awesome racing seat for games :) time to go to the junk yard and get one.. too bad the nearest one is, well not near. (Yeah I had to take the seat out eventually so I can make sure the wires didn't get cut though). Also if I need lots of space I can remove that seat ;)