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Bought it used about 10 years ago at 108,000 km and now it has 123,000 km. Don't run it in winter and most drive it around town about 6 months of the year. Got it used from a dealer in abbotsford I think and always went into limp mode, so cleaned out the egr valve back then and lubed the turbo arm and it has been running like a champ ever since. Every year I change the oil and filter as well.

Its true, that's the reason I had an SRS light on. Flipped connector around, scanned with Star, no problems. I'm wiring my passenger side with a dual throw switch so I can turn it on and off easily when one of my kids are with me. As long as its turned on or off before the car is on it wont be a problem.

Yes, it works, oh ye of little faith. Disconnect the battery Free the connector and wires from seat rail retaining clip Disconnect the black plug and insert the two-pin bypass device Reconnect the battery and switch on the car to see if SRS idiot light illuminates (or ABS or anything else) No warning lights! Q.E.D. Now confirmed that it works, we can tape up the connection and secure the wiring beneath the carpet adjacent the door sill. Running with scissors FTW! I am free now to safely remove the passenger seat with all other safety air bags functioning normally. Bil

2.2 Ohm resistor, 1A blade fuse, two electrical pins of the proper dimension to insert into the under-seat connector. Solder together and seal up with shrink tubing. Ready to plug it in once I clear some more tools and supplies out of the car. Bil Interesting to note: when you disconnect the small black receptacle from the large red plug, there is a spring bar inside the connector that "instantly" snaps down across the two pins (airbag side) to short the circuit. I'm guessing this has something to do with discharging the bag module's capacitor or something, so the explosive charge is less likely to blow up. I know that a few people have cut off the OEM connectors and replaced then with simple bullet connectors, and I don't know what risk this presents, if any, as compared to the OEM plug's little [what I presume is a] self-protection feature...

Hi Bil,Just in case none of your research mentioned it.Take a permanent marker and draw a line across both halves of the airbag connector before you disconnect it.It goes together either way (not polarized) and I think if you put it together backwards it will set an airbag code.Canman

OK! So with or without the switch on, I will remove the battery and then take a 30 minute break before continuing. Watching the post now for some odds and ends, then I'll probably get at it on Wednesday.Stay tuned...!