Side air bag delete resistor trick (maybe)

[donalds]

Cool we shall see said the blind man

Hope it works out if not ill add some pics of soldering it in because if it don't work on yours it's only a matter of time on mine and I didn't think of soldering it

 

[koda2000]

Update:
3rd week and counting... Still no return of the dreaded flashing seat belt light. One more week to go until I'm ready to call this a fix, but it looks very promising.

 

[koda2000]

Update:
Well it's been 3+ weeks now and still no return of the dreaded airbag warning light since applying the WD40 to the resistor. I'm going to call this fix confirmed.

 

[Turdle]

Old war story but back in the days of repairing printers and whatnot, the company I worked for actually spent $$ and time working with and sourcing non aerosol wd40 with applicator tips for cleaning the internal contacts of the exit switches which were near the heated fusing areas. The silicone fuser oil fumes would contaminate mechanical switches quite often.
WD40 is not only a good contact cleaner, it is the preferred. It is a great cleaner but not so good for lube, which is why it will quiet a bearing for a minute or 2.
Non aerosol was needed of course because of the 400 degree heat of the fusing rolls right under the exit switch. Using the dispenser we were able to fix with no dis assembly needed.

 

[ethan10502]

I just tried it yesterday with the WD40 and no luck for me. The light just continued blinking and stayed on. So i guess i’ll continue to drive with this annoyance.

 

[koda2000]

I'm going on 3 full months as of 12/1 since applying the WD40 and the air-big light has not come back on again. Thanks for the tip @donalds. Not quite sure why this worked, but glad not to see that stupid light every time I get in the vehicle.

The next thing I should address on this vehicle is that the oil pressure switch is bad. When it acts up it has banged on the gauge's needle stop so hard it knocked the stop peg off and the needle is now clocked in such a way that it only reads 1/4 way up the gauge (idiot light with a needle) when the engine is running, instead of the normal 1/2 way. W/out the stop peg the needle now falls well below where the peg used to be with the engine off. It's really not important, but the light shining through the peg hole at night is annoying (I covered the lens with a piece of electrical tape). While I'm in there I have an illumination bulb out. As this vehicle is now semi-retired both issues are very low on my priority list.