Airbag light- a permanent fix for those with buckets or aftermarket wheel

[Djw John]

Half answer, half question.

Just a quick one, for those folk running non airbag wheels and/or bucket seats instead of the hassle of a resistor has anyone else just disconnected the airbag ECU under the ashtray? Takes seconds, no warning light etc etc.

Seems to work for us on the chav project. Also worked on mk1s.

 

[maynard]

Wtf serious? Any pics of the Bit you disconnected?

 

[Djw John]

Very srs. No pics but if you take the plastic with the ashtray out then its just under there, can get pics soon. 1 plug, all fixed!

 

[Brad Smith]

If I have sport seats and steering wheel in a non-sport, will this stop the airbags going off ?

 

[Djw John]

It'll be the same system across all Mk2 Clios. By sport seats and wheel do you mean non airbag aftermarket ones or 172 ones?

 

[Brad Smith]

172 seats and steering wheel mate, so would this stop the airbags going off ?

 

[Djw John]

Yeah they wouldn't go off as the ECU for them is disconnected. If you have them I reckon it would be best to have them availble for use though!

 

[bmh.01]

Disconnecting the airbag should put the light on though, as least it does on ph2s might get away with it on a ph1 as its far less canbus dependant.

 

[Jekyll]

a resister is 30p! lol and you just plug it in 2 slots, hardly hassle!

but its good to know theres a plan b.

 

[Djw John]

Going to the shops is hassle

 

[Clart]

The resistor trick can be a right PITA though. will try this later.

 

[Will.]

Is this going to turn off ALL airbags?

 

[JackJack]

Is this going to turn off ALL airbags?

Unplugging the ecu will yes.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah it does.

 

[Clart]

ok so i've had a look, theres one connector block with a yellow tab on it, doesn't look like anything is plugged into it though?

 

[Brad Smith]

Where do you guys get the resistors from ?

 

[JackJack]

Where do you guys get the resistors from ?

Maplins

 

[Jekyll]

3.3 - 3.7ohm resistors is fine

 

[Sean6545]

When the light is on, ALL the airbags are disarmed. Not just the ones that arnt there. Eg steering wheel.

 

[Clart]

so how do you unplug the airbag ecu?

 

[Rob]

Tell me more with pics!

 

[Djw John]

Dont have a clio handy! I'll try to get pics tomorrow but ona ph1 at least the airbag ecu is in front of the obd port so you have to take the plastic cowling off to access it and then just unplug the large orange plug on it.

 

[Gregor11]

it'll fail mot i think if the airbag light doesnt light up when the ignition is turned on and go out when running as of jan 2012!

 

[Djw John]

Who's gonna notice?!

 

[JackJack]

Tell me more with pics!

Sorry for the huge pic

Orange and grey plug

 

[Djw John]

Bingo! Thanks for saving me the effort.

 

[Jamie]

Is there not just a resistor you can out in place/a proper fix for this.

 

[rampantreaper]

Maplins

isnt that a holiday camp??

 

[rampantreaper]

3.3 - 3.7ohm resistors is fine

link please!!!

 

[Spee]

Just tried this, it didn't work on my 02 Reg Cup. Shame! Off to get some more resistors.

 

[Jekyll]

isnt that a holiday camp??

Isn't that butlins? Just pop into a maplins electrical store and ask for the said resistors then just place them into the block/clip and job done. Will try and a pic of which ports you plug the resistors in, but there is a thread on here about iirc.

 

[Spee]

Isn't that butlins? Just pop into a maplins electrical store and ask for the said resistors then just place them into the block/clip and job done. Will try and a pic of which ports you plug the resistors in, but there is a thread on here about iirc.

 

[rampantreaper]

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oh yes, god im a smart arse!!!!!

 

[Glenn182]

3.9 ohme resistor works just fine

 

[Jekyll]

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I stand corrected lol

 

[bmh.01]

Unplugging it will not work on a Ph2! I'm not convinced it should work on a Ph1 either.

 

[bmh.01]

Who's gonna notice?!

The MOT tester maybe???

 

[Clart]

If its an MOT failure its fairly pointless tbh.

 

[Djw John]

Oh well, maybe just an idosynchricity (SP?) of this ph1 then! It only has the passenger airbag in it now so figured we'd just pull the plug on the system.

MOT tester wont miss whats not there

Maybe just delete this thread then, save folk barking up the wrong tree since it seems to only work on our one!

 

[daveski]

Didnt work on my ph1. What did work though is getting the airbags turned off via CLIP.

Now I have no airbags and no lights