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Coincidentally, I replaced my left side receptacle
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On the topic, early on in my ownership I had the seatbelts replaced twice under warranty but the airbag fault light eventually came back.
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The bolt holding the seatbelt to the seat is typically replaced when removed, according to the service manual.
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Used recepticles can be got from DC Auto and LA Dismantlers.
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Disconnect the battery, then tilt the seat forward in the car, disconnect the wiring harness from the seat itself, there is a trick to the connector, you'll want to take a look at youtube to see what it looks like.
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The is one bolt that holds each one in place and you have to disconnect the0the connector from each seat to the wiring harness and swap out the connector from the old receptacle for the one from the new receptacle.
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Disconnect the battery, then tilt the seat forward in the car, disconnect the wiring harness from the seat itself, there is a trick to the connector, you'll want to take a look at youtube to see what it looks like.
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How difficult is it to replace both seat belt receptacles in my 1999 boxster? Mechanic said that is the only way to stop the air bag light from going on. Tried resetting it but came back on. Do you have to buy both the seal belt receptacle and the wiring kit or just the receptacle?
I have two 997 seat belt receptacles, but I don't think they will help you. When I put 997 seats in my 996 I used the 996 receptacles off the old 996 seats as this is what most people said was required (this was also in the Pelican Parts write up for putting 997 seats in a 986 Boxster. AS i remember the 996 receptacles are two wires and the 997 are three wires. To replace the receptacles is not that difficult. The is one bolt that holds each one in place and you have to disconnect the0the connector from each seat to the wiring harness and swap out the connector from the old receptacle for the one from the new receptacle. Maybe a half hour job if that.
My MKIV GTI had an airbag light come on, one of the wires going to the seat belt receptacle had broken from use, I soldered it back together and reset the light. Maybe check the wiring. Also both seatbelt receptacles failed at the same time, seems sus.
To answer the op question..... remove 4 seat bolts, remove 1 seatbelt bolt and then put the 5 bolts back in. In my car less then 10min but bolts can be stuck and u need an "e" socket but i foget the size. Used recepticles can be got from DC Auto and LA Dismantlers.
On the topic, early on in my ownership I had the seatbelts replaced twice under warranty but the airbag fault light eventually came back.
I remember from around that era there was another solution (either tracing the ground wire and improving the remote ground or something like that) as you can tell obviously I never did it and just drove around for 15 yrs like it was supposed to be that way.
To add confusion , there would be RARE periods (like maybe 4 in 15yrs?) where the light would go off for several weeks at a time with absolutely no input from me. I just kinda chalked it up to Porsche being Porsche and tuned it out.
Good luck and I hope you get yours permanently fixed!
Coincidentally, I replaced my left side receptacle
exactly 3 years ago today
but I didn't have to do the wiring kit.
The Airbag light just came back on last week but I haven't checked the code yet.
The seat belt receptacles come with the wires and the connectors attached. There are seperate part numbers for each side. You're also likely going to want to replace the bolt, as that is what they do OEM, when ever these are removed.
You'll move the seats forward as far as they go with the battery connected, remove the two rear bolts.
Then move the seat back, remove the covers from the front of the rails, and remove those two bolts.
Disconnect the battery, then tilt the seat forward in the car, disconnect the wiring harness from the seat itself, there is a trick to the connector, you'll want to take a look at youtube to see what it looks like.
Once you've done this, unbolt the seatbelt receptacle from the seat. Then remove the clip on the side of the wire connector to remove the seatbelt wiring from the main seat connector.
Once this is done, you'll have to cut a couple zipties where wires are tidyed under the seat, and remove the seatbelt wiring from underneath where it's fastened into two clips.
Then you'll fish the new seatbelt connector wire through the seat bottom in the same way, push it into the two clips, re-zip tie it and push it back into the harness.
Bolt the new one on, put the seat back in the car, plug it back in, bolt it up, reconnect the battery.
Takes maybe 30m? The seat bolts were what took the longest for me to deal with as one was locked up.
The seatbelt receptacles are around $90 from the dealer.
Another factor to consider when doing it yourself is... you can have an issue the with the seat bolts, which are a kind of male torx, you need that special socket, also there was a post just before christmas where a forum member couldnt get one out and it turned into a nightmare for him, i had mine done at my indy but then later on took the seat out to replace the handbrake lever, i saw the bolt was fairly well rounded off, luckily i was able to get it out, and replaced it with a new porsche item.
