Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
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Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
Where do i put the resistor for the passenger side airbag on a 1998 cx with no passenger airbag? I have the block off plate. I also have the resistor now
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Re: SRS light for pass airbag... But no airbag!(98 CX)
just remove the light in the cluster, why is that so hard for ppl. also way to pump an old thread....
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Re: SRS light for pass airbag... But no airbag!(98 CX)
I'm losing your logic here. I understand it has no airbag but it still has a drivers side.
So fixing the code would render his drivers side operational correct?
I'm not 100% on this and am ok with being wrong but would like clarification
So fixing the code would render his drivers side operational correct?
I'm not 100% on this and am ok with being wrong but would like clarification
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Re: Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
If there was a air bag and you removed it the resistor would be plugged into the connector that would plug into the air bag.
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its hard to sell a car when it appears to normal folk that theres a problem when the cluster lights up SRS. I got it saftied with the light on cause the mechanic knew that the car didnt have a passenger airbag. I just wanted to fix it properly.
oh also...isnt it better to bump an old thread instead of starting a new one for the same issue????
oh also...isnt it better to bump an old thread instead of starting a new one for the same issue????
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Re: Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
its hard to sell a car when it appears to normal folk that theres a problem when the cluster lights up SRS. I got it saftied with the light on cause the mechanic knew that the car didnt have a passenger airbag. I just wanted to fix it properly.
oh also...isnt it better to bump an old thread instead of starting a new one for the same issue????
oh also...isnt it better to bump an old thread instead of starting a new one for the same issue????
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Re: Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
The resistor is supposed to be there. It let Honda use one airbag module for hatchbacks (and maybe coupes and sedans as well, I haven't checked part numbers)
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My 96 cx never had a passenger airbag and my resistor is in a plug right by the srs module behind lower centre counsel not up by the dash plate
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Re: Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
I've looked through Honda parts site and they list a passenger side airbag for both the 96 and 98. So where is this coming from that certain models didn't come with passenger side airbags? Maybe you bought the car used and it already had the passenger side airbag blockoff but for any us spec model civic they always had airbags for both driver and passenger.
If you're not worried about the safety of your passenger and yourself use the resistor trick.
If you're not worried about the safety of your passenger and yourself use the resistor trick.
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Re: Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
Canadian CXs didn't have them. See here: Toronto Honda Parts - Parts List
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Not sure if you mean me but I said my car never had ps airbag but I believe it was an option on the cx
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Re: Resistor installation for missing pass airbag...98 CX
The base model CX didn't have a passenger's side airbag here in Canada from '96 - '00. The '96 - '97 CX-G (or CX with option package as it was referred to in the sales brochure) and '98 - 00 DX (there was no Canadian DX model for '96 - '97) did come with a passenger's side airbag. On models not equipped with a passenger's side airbag there is a dummy resistor to fool the SRS control module so that the SRS light doesn't stay on, and so the driver's side airbag will deploy. This saves having to build two separate control modules.
As a bit of an aside you can use the same dummy resistor to get around replacing seatbelt pretensioners in some newer Civics ('01 - '05 IIRC) and some other Hondas. I see they're discontinued now though.
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Yeah everything in the US 96+ (Actually I believe it was 94+ but not positive) was required to have an airbag for both front seats.
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Thanks , this is what I was looking for. I purchased the resistor for$15 ish and need to replace it as it senses that the resistor has gone bad? The code reader shows bad passenger ab but as I don't have one in a CX hatch then I am betting on the resistor change fixing it.
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Bad resistor is only one possibility. Testing the resistor is simple if you have the specs. The SRS code could also be caused by a bad wire or bad control module. Better to test than to replace parts randomly.
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