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jordanaintshittt · 02-28-2019, 11:54 PM

Was cleaning my passenger seat with simple green and distilled water, now airbag light is on the cluster and the box where the clock is it says airbag off. Pls help

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humfrz · 03-01-2019, 12:58 AM

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I'd suggest you dry the seat really good, then disconnect the negative side of the battery for a minute or so, step on the brake, then reconnect the battery terminal.

Maybe that will re-set the light.

humfrz

jordanaintshittt · 03-01-2019, 03:45 AM

I’ll try that man thank you

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Tcoat · 03-01-2019, 07:30 AM

All will be fine when it is dry. They don't use an old fashioned weight activated switch but work with a sensor that detects electrical capacitance. This means that anything wet or electronic can set it off. You could pile 100 bricks there with nothing but a plugged it cell phone or gallon of milk will activate it.

PetrolioBenzina · 03-01-2019, 11:32 AM

Has anyone measured the capacitance of an ass? Is it measured in farass's?

Tcoat · 03-01-2019, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by PetrolioBenzina

Has anyone measured the capacitance of an ass? Is it measured in farass's?

Just don't confuse it with measuring capacity. That uses buttload as the unit.

Dave-ROR · 03-01-2019, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

All will be fine when it is dry. They don't use an old fashioned weight activated switch but work with a sensor that detects electrical capacitance. This means that anything wet or electronic can set it off. You could pile 100 bricks there with nothing but a plugged it cell phone or gallon of milk will activate it.

Don't even need the phone attached, just plug in a USB cable and toss it on the seat and it goes crazy.

Annoying.

PetrolioBenzina · 03-01-2019, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Just don't confuse it with measuring capacity. That uses buttload as the unit.

Metric?

While I have you on the phone, WTF did Trudeau do?

Dadhawk · 03-01-2019, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Don't even need the phone attached, just plug in a USB cable and toss it on the seat and it goes crazy.

Annoying.

Hmm, never noticed it with just a cable only when something is plugged in causing an electrical flow.

Sapphireho · 03-01-2019, 11:48 AM

Mine goes off with my windshield sun shade.

jordanaintshittt · 03-01-2019, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PetrolioBenzina

Has anyone measured the capacitance of an ass? Is it measured in farass's?

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Tcoat · 03-01-2019, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PetrolioBenzina

Metric?

While I have you on the phone, WTF did Trudeau do?

Pressured the Attorney General not to prosecute a Canadian company for bribery charges in bidding on jobs in Libya a decade ago.

Tcoat · 03-01-2019, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Hmm, never noticed it with just a cable only when something is plugged in causing an electrical flow.

It has to be in just the right place but yes I have had just the cord doit.

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Mine goes off with my windshield sun shade.

My favourite thing that set it off was a ham sandwich. Just one sandwich.

Sapphireho · 03-01-2019, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

It has to be in just the right place but yes I have had just the cord doit.

My favourite thing that set it off was a ham sandwich. Just one sandwich.

With cheese and mayo?

I set my phone on the seat all the time and nothing.

02-28-2019, 11:54 PM	#1
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