Fixed my airbag light issue (9 blinks)
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Fixed my airbag light issue (9 blinks)
Sorry no pics but I fixed my airbag light issue yesterday in a half an hour for free and thought it may help someone else out.
My airbag light starting blinking 2-3 months ago after going over a dip in the road. While I didn't hear it that time, the tires do occasionally rub the plastic wheel well protectors on bumps ever since I got the car (which is lowered on Eibach prokit springs). I noticed that the tires had worn down the plastic and was eating away at the wiring in the passenger front wheel well. So I:
1) Jacked up the car
2) removed the passenger front wheel and wheel well cover
3) carefully inspected all of the wiring that runs over the plastic wheel well cover, paying specific attention to wires near the worn holes in the cover
4) wires that were just rubbed or slightly stripped, I cleaned and re-wrapped in electrical tape
5) wires that were actually torn, I cut new clean ends and spliced in a new wire
6) finally I zip-tied the wires seeing wear up and away from danger to avoid repeat issues
Easy as that. No more annoying airbag light.
My airbag light starting blinking 2-3 months ago after going over a dip in the road. While I didn't hear it that time, the tires do occasionally rub the plastic wheel well protectors on bumps ever since I got the car (which is lowered on Eibach prokit springs). I noticed that the tires had worn down the plastic and was eating away at the wiring in the passenger front wheel well. So I:
1) Jacked up the car
2) removed the passenger front wheel and wheel well cover
3) carefully inspected all of the wiring that runs over the plastic wheel well cover, paying specific attention to wires near the worn holes in the cover
4) wires that were just rubbed or slightly stripped, I cleaned and re-wrapped in electrical tape
5) wires that were actually torn, I cut new clean ends and spliced in a new wire
6) finally I zip-tied the wires seeing wear up and away from danger to avoid repeat issues
Easy as that. No more annoying airbag light.
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