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pye21

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I changed the steering wheel on my Rallye on Sunday and as expected the airbag light is now on, on the dashboard. Does anyone know the best capacity of resisiter to use in the circuit? I used a 3.3 ohm in my 182 when i changed the wheel in that.
Posted 18th Sep 2008 at 14:32
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Check the resistance on a/bag with a multimeter..

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Posted 18th Sep 2008 at 14:53
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is that a good idea?

considering it applies voltage to work out the resistance?
Posted 18th Sep 2008 at 17:46
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livy wrote:
is that a good idea?

considering it applies voltage to work out the resistance?


It won't have any where near enough to set it off. So yes he'll be fine.

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Posted 19th Sep 2008 at 00:00
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I've heard 17ohms or 17kohms is what you needSmile

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Posted 25th Sep 2008 at 03:29
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can anyone confirm this is the correct resistor to use?

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Posted 26th Jul 2010 at 16:41
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pug part number = 6542 WS

its down as a shunt on the dash wiring loom diagram

its usually used when there no passenger airbag, as the wiring is still there even on a phase 1
Posted 26th Jul 2010 at 19:05
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ahhh?

thought people were just soldering a resistor in place?

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Posted 26th Jul 2010 at 19:15
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you probably can
Posted 26th Jul 2010 at 19:21
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that 6542 WS, looks like some sort of plug?

take it i just wack the two wires in there and it does the same thing?

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Posted 26th Jul 2010 at 19:55
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Yes
Posted 27th Jul 2010 at 01:59
jc

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I just changed my steering wheel & bought the shunt mentioned above from my local Pug dealer but when I plug it onto the plug for the old airbag on the loom the airbag warning light continues to flash,am I doing something wrong or do I need to reset the ecu or something?

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 15:50
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i remooved the airbag warning bulb from my dash

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:07
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I could do that but it might be a problem at mot time as the passenger airbag is still in use....

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:10
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if your hearts set on putting a resistor in place. why not just measure the resistance of the remooved airbag istelf with a multi meter and then use what ever reading you get as a guide for a resistor value?

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:15
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you can also replace the passenger air bag with a nice little phase one glovebox?

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:16
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jimmyhackers wrote:
if your hearts set on putting a resistor in place. why not just measure the resistance of the remooved airbag istelf with a multi meter and then use what ever reading you get as a guide for a resistor value?


I'd be careful doing that, bear in mind a multimeter puts voltage down a wire to test the resistance, so could make the thing explode and take your face off. There was a discussion on here about it before, can't remember if anyone tested it though.

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:18
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fair point. these things are pretty dangerous. probly best to test it in situe and sat in the passenger seat/well away.

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:27
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Read my post again,I already have the shunt from Peugoet but it seems to be doing nothing so is it something I haven't done properly like reset the ecu or something like that?

A multimeter wont put anywhere near enough voltage through the airbag to set it off,anyway I know the resistance needed is 1.6 ohms

I didn't want to solder a resistor in which is why I bought the shunt,the shunt should be doing the same as the resistor......

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:31
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Only thing I could suggest would be to disconnect the car battery and leave everything to discharge in case the airbag ECU has stored the failed airbag signal.

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:33
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Yeah,going to do an ecu reset & see if that works,just disconnected the battery

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 16:59
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Well the ecu reset did sweet fa,not sure if the shunt is actually working so I'll have to buy a resistor during the week,Ho hum!

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Posted 10th Dec 2011 at 18:46
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My MOMO boss came with an airbag resistor "shunt". From memory it was about 2 ohms..

Just plugged it into the orange plug and job done. All my other air bags still work (i assume...?) and the air bag light behaves itself.

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Posted 13th Dec 2011 at 09:08
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may well be the pretensioner wiring iffy

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Posted 13th Dec 2011 at 09:24
tom275

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I've just taken my airbag light out as the Seat airbag connection was giving me grief. Why would this cause a problem for the MOT? Do they do an ECU diagnostic check?
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