Passenger seat removal without disabling airbag

[DcnJim]

Hello all,
I am new here, but a long time sonic owner.
I have a 2012, and 2013,both hatchback.

I need to remove the front passenger seat, without throwing an airbag code. If I understand correctly, I need to put resister in to make the car think that the seat belt pretensioner is in place, and maybe more.

I am hoping to find out which spots on the underseat connection need resister if anyone knows.
Thanks!
Jim

 

[ozonetrooper]

Can you just remove the seat and use a reader to reset the code after reinstalling the seat ?

 

[DcnJim]

That would work, but I need to leave the seat removed while using the car. I should have stated that in the original post.
Thanks
Jim

 

[ozonetrooper]

The passenger airbag is only functional when someone/something is in the seat.

Why have the bag functional if there is no seat ?

 

[DcnJim]

Because with the seat removed, the airbag code disables the whole system.

 

[ozonetrooper]

Is it possible to check the resistance of the seat trigger with an Ohm meter and use that as a starting place for a resister value ?

 

[DcnJim]

I have the resistor value, I am hoping to to find the pin locations on the underseat connector. I may use the meter to find which pins are the pretensioner, and see if that is the only circuit needing a resister

 

[ozonetrooper]

How about something like this ?

CHEVY Compatible SRS Simulator - Resistor - Bypass Kit - EMULATOR TOOL | eBay

These simulators are for diagnostic/troubleshooting purposes only. They will make the airbag computer think that the airbag or seat belt pretensioner is connected and, if no other problems exist, should make the airbag light go off.

www.ebay.com

 

[ozonetrooper]

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