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Airbag Light - Did I screw something up?

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YOUR RESEARCHAirbag Light - Did I screw something up?

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Install dash-mounted spoiler switch

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This weekend I installed a dash-mounted spoiler switch using a
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I put the switch in the center console horseshoe and ran a wire under the steering column and and just above the "map holder" near the driver's knees.
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Airbag Light - Did I screw something up?

Replace seat belt buckle connectors

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How hard is it to replace bad seat belt buckle connectors?
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Airbag Light - Did I screw something up?

Use durametric, a pst2 or piwis tester

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Use Durametric, a PST2 or PIWIS tester to get the airbag fault code.
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Install dash-mounted spoiler switch

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This weekend I installed a dash-mounted spoiler switch using a
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Airbag Light - Did I screw something up?

Replace seat belt buckle connectors

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How hard is it to replace bad seat belt buckle connectors?
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Airbag Light - Did I screw something up?

Run wire

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
I put the switch in the center console horseshoe and ran a wire under the steering column and and just above the "map holder" near the driver's knees.
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Airbag Light - Did I screw something up?

Use durametric, a pst2 or piwis tester

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Use Durametric, a PST2 or PIWIS tester to get the airbag fault code.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

This weekend I installed a dash-mounted spoiler switch using a DIY I found on Renntech . I put the switch in the center console horseshoe and ran a wire under the steering column and and just above the "map holder" near the driver's knees. Then, I connected the new switch in parallel with the existing spoiler switch in the footwell. The next morning, I washed, waxed, and did some interior cleaning. When I then took the car out for a drive, the airbag light came on after about 30 seconds of driving. Is this a coincidence, or could I have screwed something up? I did a search, but couldn't find any relevant information. Any help would be appreciated!!

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Use Durametric, a PST2 or PIWIS tester to get the airbag fault code. On a MY99 car my bet is on either a bad seat belt buckle connector or the airbag control unit has gone bad.

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How hard is it to replace bad seat belt buckle connectors?

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there is a lot of info on this over on Renntech - I believe there is an official TSB about it too. the first step is the seat belt recepticle, the second is... I forget, been to long. HOWEVER - that said you messed with the electronics and might have caused it. Have it re-set and see if it comes back, get the code and post it no pics of the waxing?

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Quotes source post: 7928871

I guess I'll get the code when I take it in for my impending clutch job. Unfortunatly, it rained on my car after waxing. I posted a pic over in the Delaware PCA Concours thread . That's my cab with the top down.

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