Thread: DIY: [How-To:] Racing Seat airbag light fix
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Old 03-26-2018, 01:43 PM   #214 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z View Post
The unit is (probably*) just a resistor that is "tuned" to the resistance of the seat sensor when it is occupied. The resistor values I've seen used in the DIYs on this site are to emulate an empty seat. I haven't looked at the FSM in a while but, IIRC, the un/occupied values are in the FSM.

*Couldn't find a schematic of the unit but it's replacing a resistive element.
Is there any disadvantage to always having the seat sensor occupied? That would just mean that in the case of an accident, the passenger air bags would deploy even with no passenger, correct?
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