blkgrape
09-29-2003, 06:19 PM
Hey guys a newbie here with a big problem....
I use a wheelchair and have taken out the passenger seat in order to put in a special base that allows me to sit in the car. In essence it is an old swivel base like in the vans of years back that has 2 c channels welded to it. My chair has the same rails with bearings attached to it. I roll the chair back and align the two rails and slide the seat and me into the car and swivel in, the rest goes in the trunk.
With the seat out the airbag light is on. I have installed a bypass for the side airbag from ford. But the light is still on. The dealership says the code is from the computer not seeing the occupant module in the system. I can't remove this module from the seat without ripping it all apart. Ford won't give me anymore clues because they say i'm not allowed to take the seat out. Without the seat out the car is useless to me. I suppose I could drive with the airbag light on, but not sure if the rest of the airbags are still functional.
Here's where you guys come in, can you think of any other ideas to get around this, maybe a computer flash to ignore it. Part no. to order the occupant module and just have it plugged in the system to fool it to think the seat is still there or any other parts to simulate the seat being there..
Any Help would be greatly appreciaited,
Roly
I use a wheelchair and have taken out the passenger seat in order to put in a special base that allows me to sit in the car. In essence it is an old swivel base like in the vans of years back that has 2 c channels welded to it. My chair has the same rails with bearings attached to it. I roll the chair back and align the two rails and slide the seat and me into the car and swivel in, the rest goes in the trunk.
With the seat out the airbag light is on. I have installed a bypass for the side airbag from ford. But the light is still on. The dealership says the code is from the computer not seeing the occupant module in the system. I can't remove this module from the seat without ripping it all apart. Ford won't give me anymore clues because they say i'm not allowed to take the seat out. Without the seat out the car is useless to me. I suppose I could drive with the airbag light on, but not sure if the rest of the airbags are still functional.
Here's where you guys come in, can you think of any other ideas to get around this, maybe a computer flash to ignore it. Part no. to order the occupant module and just have it plugged in the system to fool it to think the seat is still there or any other parts to simulate the seat being there..
Any Help would be greatly appreciaited,
Roly