microswitch under drivers seat 200

[cliffy the climber]

hi,ive had an intermittent prob with the airbag warning light coming on every now and then,i generally wiggle the wires under the seat and its sorted..for a bit..anyway i had a look under yesterday and theres a micro switch on the seat rail with a wire broken off,ive pulled it off and im gonna solder the wires back on today..whats this switch for..anyone know..?,im prob gonna have to solder the wires together on the plug thats under there as well because i suspect that is the main problem,i tried starting the car with he wires to the micro switch twisted together and the airbag warning light still came on.
cheers cliff..

 

[cliffy the climber]

i found out by looking...

 

[cliffy the climber]

i managed to solder wires back onto the switch and the airbag lights off now,but like i said before just twisting the wires together dosent work..maybe theres a resistor in the switch to stop peeps from turning the airbag off/lowering force/whatever the switch actually does,either way its fixed now,just thought i would post it on here for future searches.

 

[benkay]

I think the micro switch is there so that if you sit really close to the wheel (like most women let's face it) then the airbag doesn't deploy with 100% force.

 

[cliffy the climber]

cheers for that..i managed to bodge it without having to buy a new switch.