I had an opportunity to buy a 2003 Civic LX with 81k miles on it several weeks ago at a great price, and I did. At the time of purchase, one of the door locks did not work, and the SRS indicator light was on. I fixed the door lock easily, replacing the lock's cylinder plates etc. Then I started on the SRS system. The title is clean and there were no indications of an accident. I researched a lot on the internet and with shop manuals (free at my public library along with bits and pieces posted at various web site). I made some tools for a few dollars to re-set the SRS memory and read the SRS code being thrown. I re-set the SRS memory often while I was figuring out how to read codes on the cheap. Once I got my tools together and figured out what two connectors I needed to find under the dash for (1) re-setting the SRS memory and (2) reading codes, things became easy. Only one code was being thrown, Code 9-3. This is for a faulty driver's seat belt buckle switch. Knowing the code and so thinking this would very likely be covered under Honda's lifetime seat belt warranty, I reported to my dealer. My dealer reads codes for free, but subsequent repairs may not be. My dealer was great: The service department read the code, assured me the repair was covered under warranty, and ordered the part. Less than two days I was driving home with the new seat belt buckle installed. I asked to keep the old buckle (for tinkering, ya know) but the dealer said they needed to turn it over to Honda as part of the warranty procedure. One of the Service Department fellows said his understanding is that this seat belt buckle switch wears /by design/ so people do come in periodically [every several years] to get a new seat belt buckle. The idea being it preserves the integrity of the seat belt as a restraint and so saves Honda from lawsuits. I do not know if this is true or not. Since I had an experience with my 1991 Civic's seat belt in 2001 or so and the dealer fixed it without question, it seems to me that the lifetime seat belt warranty is something Honda seems to hold sacred. From reading on the net, SRS light problems seem to come up a lot with this generation. Here is my writeup on what I did: http://sites.google.com/site/hondalioness/srs
