Airbags / Cellphones CR-V 2003

After the 3rd service for my daughter's 2003 CR-V for the airbag light
staying illuminated, the dealer told her it is because "she has a cellphone"
and that using the cellphone in the front seat may cause the malfunction to
repeat. Incredulous, she called me and asked if I didn't think it complete
BULLSHIT. I did. So the Service Manger (Vicki - Honda, Goleta / Santa
Barbara California) called me and CONFIRMED this. We called (daughter and
I via conference call) Customer Relations in Torrence California where they
AGAIN CONFIRMED this problem The Rep told my daughter to use the phone in
the back seat and not place it in the front of the car!

The dealer / Vicki / called and said they wanted to "try something" and
asked for the car again, and that they had "ordered a part." ---- Now being
serviced for the 4th time in the year, they now claimed the problem (which
they failed to diagnose week before) was that she had "spilled something" on
the passenger seat. Well, in fact, she HAD spilled something on the seat a
few weeks before.

So what to believe? Cellphones deactivate airbag systems AND / OR don't
let the passenger seat get wet? EITHER one of these would seem serious
defects warranting recall or warning to consumers.

 

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You could take this question over to hondasuv.com, and when you get the
answer, bring it back for all to share . . . .


'Curly'

 

PS - How many failed airbags does Honda need before a recall? How many
fires before they replace the vehicles?

 

if the seat gets wet it will cause problems, cellphones are
notorious for causing interference, especially nextell phones.
if she spilled something then it's her problem not hondas!!!!!!!!
Chip

 

Now why in the hell would spilling something on the passenger have any
effect on the air bag? I'm not a mechanic so I don't know the answer. Is
there some sort of trigger for the air bag in the seat? It doesn't seem
logical. Bumper, yes, door maybe, seat....I don't think so.

 

Some cars have a sensor in the seat to detect if anyone is sitting
there. If the seat is empty, the air bag won't deploy. Perhaps that
sensor was damaged by the spilled liquid?

 

Hi,
The air bag sensor. If there is nobody on the passenger seat,
it disables air bag on that side.
I think most cars do this.
Tony

 

Apparently there are sensors in the seats... not to explode if empty... not
to hit a child?.... but I do think it foreseeable that seats get wet. Did
anyone ever leave their window open (or sunroof) and a sudden rainstorm
occurred? I guess that doesn't happen in Japan. Between the airbags,
fires, and other recalls, (brakes, transmission cables)... GM is lookin'
good.

 

As long as you have a tow truck on retainer, go for it! ;^)

 

yes there are sensors in the seats. The OPDS system determins if a
passenger is tall enough and or weighs enough for the side air bag to
deploy, of course they could do away with this and have the side
airbag rip the head off of your passenger if that's more to your
liking.
personall i think airbags should be an option. the government is
the only reason the issues come up at all.
further, if someone spilled something on the seat and caused the
problem it should cost you dearly to fix it, it's not hondas fault the
daughter can't keep from spilling things!!!!
Chip

 

I wish I could shut mine off. At what speed do they deploy?? 10-12 mph??
I've hit things in a go cart faster than that as a kid. Who wants to be
punched in the face by an air bag? Not me...

John

 

I have a 2000 accord and if the passenger seat has anything other than a
person in it my airbag light stays on. i first noticed this one day
after i got out of class, i put my bookbag in the seat and the light
came on and it does this even if the cell phone is laying in the seat.