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Old 10-17-2006, 09:32 PM
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Airbags are removed from fbody and I need to turn off the Dash cluster airbag light that is on constnatly, how do i turn off the permanently the easiest ?

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remove the bulb lol
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I've heard removing bulb can trigger SES light etc and I wanted to avoid that....

my search on here had an "idea" of cuttin brown wire in 24-pin connector behind glove box but it was for an LT1 car so no confirmation.
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There is a way to turn the light off if you can very very closely match the resistance of the airbag and place it inline with the circuitry. It involves a resistor network not worth building due to fine tuning. I have done it before and it was a pain in the *** to dial in and build. Worked perfectly though!

No light and no undo-able mods!
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a piece of electrical tape
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tune them out...might sound awkward, but you can get the pcm to not recognize the airbag sensors...cant remember exactly the tuning suite that was used, but i saw it done about 4 years ago while i was learning about these cars
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There is nothing in HPTuners that allows me to turn off the light..its controlled outside of the PCM.

Anyone else have an idea?
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Unless you work at Bosch or wherever you aren't going to be reprogramming that thing.

I would suck it up and build the resistor network.
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Originally Posted by motorbuilt
There is nothing in HPTuners that allows me to turn off the light..its controlled outside of the PCM.

Anyone else have an idea?
hmm i dont think what i saw used was hp tuners anyways, but im pretty sure you can the sensor off....ive seen it done on a 99 trans am, like mine about 4 years ago, and any ses light...goes through the computer

but if its easier to use some tape...do it

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pull that bulb too lol when i got done with my 6.0 swap my guages lit up like a christmas tree lol abs traction airbag service engine soon seatbelt skipshift theres so many stupid light i pulled em all it ran fine...
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The last light I got rid of I tore the cluster apart and put 3 layers of elec tape over the bulb and put it back together. The cluster I had had leds instead of light bulbs.



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