'94 Miata
It had an aftermarket wheel (no bag) in it. I just swapped back to the stock wheel + airbag. I had to put new connectors on the cut wires, and cross my fingers as I reconnected the battery. No boom.
I'm still getting an airbag code. Its a code 33, which is "33 - Open circuit passenger side". Where do I begin to look for this?
Hypothetically, if I wanted to just make the light/buzzer go away, how would I go about doing that? I've heard people use a 3 ohm resistor, but I believe that's only in place of the driver's bag. The passenger issue would still set off the light, correct?
As a bonus, it seems if this code is not fixed soon, it causes the main control module to go bad, which is an expensive fix, and a total pain in the ass to get to.
GarageStar makes a cheap PNP defeat, if that's what you're after.
I believe that the same resistor will work on the passenger side. Strange that the passenger code popped when you replaced the steering wheel. What had been done with the no airbag wheel to keep the light off?
bgkast wrote:
I believe that the same resistor will work on the passenger side. Strange that the passenger code popped when you replaced the steering wheel. What had been done with the no airbag wheel to keep the light off?
Nothing. The wires were twisted together, but the light still flashed the code. Just hasn't had to go through inspection in a while. I'm not even sure this will make it fail, but I'd like to just make this nonsense go away.
I see the GarageStar defeat is basically the 3ohm resistor just setup to slide onto the harness below the wheel. I have a resistor, I can do that easily in a few mins. Where is the passenger side connector? I'll give it a shot on that side as well.
In reply to ProDarwin:
Yeah, twisting the wires together would have given you an error, but it should be for the driver's side. I wonder if the module is fried from the wire twist. The passenger airbag plug is behind the glove box. If I recall correctly it's a yellow and blue two into one plug arrangement. Make sure it's connected, the code makes it sound like it's not.
Edit: Keith is right, they are orange and blue.
Not 100% sure, but I'd expect it to be accessible behind the glovebox. The airbag connectors are pretty easy to spot, being garish blue and orange.
Now, if you want it to actually WORK, then you start looking for bad connections. Check continuity from the connector to the controller.
Ok, got to it behind glovebox. Everything is connected. I'll go through and check continuity everywhere next.
I think its only the blue part of the connector (2 wire), orange (1 wire) is the horn.
Horn wire on the passenger side??
Yeah. Its weird, but I just verified it. With the orange connector on the passenger side unplugged, horn does not work.
Now I need to figure out how to check resistance on this thing. Everything should be connected. Pulling the control module out is a complete pain in the ass, so I'd like to be able to check some connections without touching that if possible. I have some 10 ohm resistors around, so I suppose I can put 3 in parallel and bridge the gap and see if that makes the light go out. If it doesn't work, I haven't really learned anything though.
So, either:
A) I can't count or
B) When I disconnected/reconnected pass side, it fixed that problem or
C) Code 33 won't show with code 32 present
Now, with the airbag out, I'm getting code 32, which is expected. Going to reconnect it and see what happens.
I'm noticing all the airbags on ebay have the blue connector on the them. I don't have this, nor do I have it's mate on the pass side. I wonder if there is a resistor or something in the connector to prevent tampering so that even when I reconnect the wires its going to throw a code because that resistance is not present?
