NO AIRBAGS 97 ACCORD..HOW DO I MAKE SRS LIGHT STAY OFF!!!

I BOUGHT A A 97 HONDA ACCORD LX USED....WITH NO AIRBAGS..(BEEN WRECKED)
.....I HAVE NO PLANS OF REPLACEING THE AIRBAGS...SO IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE
THE SRS LIGHT GO OFF AND STAY OFF...(FUSE)...(CUT A WIRE)
.................ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL...TY

 

You might want to check and see if not replacing the airbags is legal where
you are. You may find that you have no choice but to replace them.

Brian

 

I doubt there would be anyplace in the USA that REQUIRES airbags to be
installed and operational. That is only on new cars. The airbags do not
contribute to the safety and road worthiness of the vehicle itself.

 

What's the point in having safety features installed in a vehicle if they're
not required to be there?

Brian

 

Remove the bulb.

 

Google easily spit up Utah as one place that requires blown airbags to be
replaced, *I think* at least if the work is being done by a shop.

 

Yes... Aren't "safety" devices irritating! However, I strongly recommend not
messing around with the SRS system if there are any un-detonated airbags
left in the system! You risk significant injury (most notably ...almost
guaranteed permanent hearing devastation!!!) if you cause an automobile
airbag to go off while you are in close proximity!

I don't know about the '97 Hondas, but it appears that the recent models
want to see approximately 2 Ohms across the leads for both the primary and
secondary inflators. Once the impedance the SRS unit "sees" is ok, I would
expect to be able to clear the DTC trouble code(s).

 

Yes but we are not talking about repair work to a car. We are talking about
a guy who is driving the car and is not obligated to any authority to
replace them.

 

Thanks for checking, good work.

 

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If you put the correct value resistor across the wires going to each
(now missing) air bag, the air bag controller unit will believe the air
bags are in place. You still have to reset the system to turn off the
light, but it will not come back on again. People will often install
kill-switches for the passenger air bag if they have a baby seat there.
This kill switch disconnects the air bag and connects a resistor in its
place. Perhaps if you search for "airbag disable switch" you can find
information about resistor values etc.

 

The NHTSA specifically prohibits disablement without written permission.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/pages/FAQsABDeactiv.htm

I would guess that they would take a dim view of simply not replacing them.

But then you need to get caught first...

 

I disabled the airbag in our 1999 Tercel. All it took was to unplug the
yellow connector from the airbag ECU. That turned off the SRS light as
well.

I'm in Ontario, Canada, so it's legal for me to do this.

 

Why can't he just unplug the connector at the ECU? That works with Toyotas.

 

and if any of those don't work, you could always do the obvious, remove the
light bulb.......
Robb

 

On my '94 Civic there is a piece of circuitry in the cluster that lights
up the SRS light. Looking at the wiring diagram, it seemed to me that
disconnecting the wire harness at the control unit will turn the light
/on/. The wiring diagram does not show any component values, so it's
hard to tell.

After reading you comment about removing the main connector, I dug a
little deeper in the service manual. In the trouble shooting section, it
says that after unplugging the connector at the SRS unit, the SRS light
should be /off/, so I guess that would be the simplest solution.

 

: I BOUGHT A A 97 HONDA ACCORD LX USED....WITH NO AIRBAGS..(BEEN WRECKED)
: ....I HAVE NO PLANS OF REPLACEING THE AIRBAGS...SO IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE
: THE SRS LIGHT GO OFF AND STAY OFF...(FUSE)...(CUT A WIRE)
: ................ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL...TY
:
I would suggest that you get out of my insurance risk pool.

Paul