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Wpomp · 10-02-2015, 03:11 PM

Dealer could not reset sensor, but was happy to take an hours rate of money though... Anywho, the seat is a subaru part (learned at the dealer) so last bet is to ask a subaru tech if they have the ability to reset the sensor on their cars. If not, welp, trick from the racing seat thread it is!

Wpomp · 10-03-2015, 07:26 PM

Subaru dealer couldn't figure it out either. gonna try the race seat trick and see if that chooches. Just posting so anyone else trying to solve the issue doesn't waste money at the dealers. First thing I may try is pulling back the sheathing on the sensor plugs on both FRS and BRZ passenger seats. Perhaps the sensor leads are reversed by each make causing the sensor to read improperly if switched? Will let y'all know if I find anything..

CB390248 · 10-04-2015, 09:23 AM

Thanks for the update. Yeah, I specificaly bought BRZ seats rather than an aftermarket seat because I thought there would be less problems! Sheesh.

Wpomp · 10-04-2015, 02:08 PM

Right there with ya. My last thought before removing the sensor and rolling it up per the racing seats thread, is that maybe the frs and brz seat sensors have the wires reversed on the seat sensor? Don't have the frs seats with me at the moment to check, but maybe that could be the issue.

fluffy-reindeer-slayer · 10-04-2015, 10:55 PM

you have to recalibrate the sensor to the ecu, and the only way to to that is with a toyota techstream.

Wpomp · 10-05-2015, 07:46 AM

That's what I thought as well, but unfortunately toyota can't do that with these cars. With any other toyota they can, but the FRS uses a subaru seat, with a subaru sensor which is different than the sensors traditionally used by toyota. Took the car to the subaru dealer, and they weren't able to do it either.

However, as an update to the problem: I took the seat sensor out of the stock seat, and folded it up and plugged it in per the racing seat thread, and it did not solve the issue (solved in this case meaning that the passenger airbag would always be on). I checked the wiring of both seats, and there were no reversed wires, so that wasn't the issue.

Final option was swapping over the module which reads the sensor (black box under the seat, gets two connectors plugged into it). I did this, and it seems to have worked! At first. it was reading all good, though now the passenger side is always on, requiring the belt to be buckled in. I think this condition may be due to me not removing the BRZ sensor module though (I have the FRS one just dangling next to it at the moment). Given that the sensor is electromagnetic, I think it may be picking up that extra module, and thinking someone is in the seat. When I get home from work today I will remove the seat (again, sigh) and take out the BRZ module, and mount the FRS one. Hopefully this will solve the issue for good. But if not, having the passenger belt in all the time, or getting an insert, is not such a pain for having working bags.

johnbradshow · 10-09-2015, 08:14 PM

I think you need to reset tool to reset the ECU.

willnigguhwassuh · 12-29-2015, 11:41 PM

this is causing me a headache also. I have a frs with brz seats and the airbaglight wont come off smh

BDotG · 12-30-2015, 11:46 AM

This is when nice leather seat covers come in handy :p, unless you really want butt warmers.

willnigguhwassuh · 01-04-2016, 07:02 PM

so what I did was trade my friend for his premium brz seats he had laying around for my limited brz seats that were installed in my frs. I swapped seats with him and the airbag light disappeared. My guess is its because the limited seats had the heated seats module.

that_guy · 04-16-2016, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wpomp

That's what I thought as well, but unfortunately toyota can't do that with these cars. With any other toyota they can, but the FRS uses a subaru seat, with a subaru sensor which is different than the sensors traditionally used by toyota. Took the car to the subaru dealer, and they weren't able to do it either.

However, as an update to the problem: I took the seat sensor out of the stock seat, and folded it up and plugged it in per the racing seat thread, and it did not solve the issue (solved in this case meaning that the passenger airbag would always be on). I checked the wiring of both seats, and there were no reversed wires, so that wasn't the issue.

Final option was swapping over the module which reads the sensor (black box under the seat, gets two connectors plugged into it). I did this, and it seems to have worked! At first. it was reading all good, though now the passenger side is always on, requiring the belt to be buckled in. I think this condition may be due to me not removing the BRZ sensor module though (I have the FRS one just dangling next to it at the moment). Given that the sensor is electromagnetic, I think it may be picking up that extra module, and thinking someone is in the seat. When I get home from work today I will remove the seat (again, sigh) and take out the BRZ module, and mount the FRS one. Hopefully this will solve the issue for good. But if not, having the passenger belt in all the time, or getting an insert, is not such a pain for having working bags.

Were you ever able to resolve this? I have the same issue in my car. Would love to just reset this and go but every time I do the car just throws the code again anyways.

IgnitionGundam · 04-30-2016, 03:06 PM

Bump. Having this same issue ..has anyone figured out how to fix this? Using the 3.5 OHM resistor is that just bypassing the airbag light? the airbag wont deploy when needed?

finch1750 · 04-30-2016, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IgnitionGundam

Bump. Having this same issue ..has anyone figured out how to fix this? Using the 3.5 OHM resistor is that just bypassing the airbag light? the airbag wont deploy when needed?

My understanding is the rest should deploy but not the one that isn't plugged in.

IgnitionGundam · 05-02-2016, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finch1750

My understanding is the rest should deploy but not the one that isn't plugged in.

So what you're saying is if i use the RESISTOR to turn off the airbag light, those airbags will not deploy?

12-29-2015, 11:41 PM	#22
willnigguhwassuh IG: will__is__nguyen Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2013 Asphalt FRS Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 93 Thanks: 16 Thanked 48 Times in 32 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	this is causing me a headache also. I have a frs with brz seats and the airbaglight wont come off smh __________________ Adriana AKA Agent86 Build Thread

01-04-2016, 07:02 PM	#24
willnigguhwassuh IG: will__is__nguyen Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2013 Asphalt FRS Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 93 Thanks: 16 Thanked 48 Times in 32 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	so what I did was trade my friend for his premium brz seats he had laying around for my limited brz seats that were installed in my frs. I swapped seats with him and the airbag light disappeared. My guess is its because the limited seats had the heated seats module. __________________ Adriana AKA Agent86 Build Thread

04-30-2016, 03:06 PM	#26
IgnitionGundam Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Silver Ignition Gundam Location: Southern California Posts: 153 Thanks: 48 Thanked 62 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Bump. Having this same issue ..has anyone figured out how to fix this? Using the 3.5 OHM resistor is that just bypassing the airbag light? the airbag wont deploy when needed? __________________

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10-02-2015, 03:11 PM	#15
Wpomp Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: Asphalt FRS Location: MD Posts: 45 Thanks: 13 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Dealer could not reset sensor, but was happy to take an hours rate of money though... Anywho, the seat is a subaru part (learned at the dealer) so last bet is to ask a subaru tech if they have the ability to reset the sensor on their cars. If not, welp, trick from the racing seat thread it is!

10-03-2015, 07:26 PM	#16
Wpomp Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: Asphalt FRS Location: MD Posts: 45 Thanks: 13 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Subaru dealer couldn't figure it out either. gonna try the race seat trick and see if that chooches. Just posting so anyone else trying to solve the issue doesn't waste money at the dealers. First thing I may try is pulling back the sheathing on the sensor plugs on both FRS and BRZ passenger seats. Perhaps the sensor leads are reversed by each make causing the sensor to read improperly if switched? Will let y'all know if I find anything..

10-04-2015, 09:23 AM	#17
CB390248 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: Asphalt FR-S Location: Eastern PA Posts: 224 Thanks: 5 Thanked 36 Times in 17 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the update. Yeah, I specificaly bought BRZ seats rather than an aftermarket seat because I thought there would be less problems! Sheesh.

10-04-2015, 02:08 PM	#18
Wpomp Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: Asphalt FRS Location: MD Posts: 45 Thanks: 13 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Right there with ya. My last thought before removing the sensor and rolling it up per the racing seats thread, is that maybe the frs and brz seat sensors have the wires reversed on the seat sensor? Don't have the frs seats with me at the moment to check, but maybe that could be the issue.

10-04-2015, 10:55 PM	#19
fluffy-reindeer-slayer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: fr-s and tc2 Location: san antonio texas Posts: 166 Thanks: 18 Thanked 28 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	you have to recalibrate the sensor to the ecu, and the only way to to that is with a toyota techstream.

10-05-2015, 07:46 AM	#20
Wpomp Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: Asphalt FRS Location: MD Posts: 45 Thanks: 13 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	That's what I thought as well, but unfortunately toyota can't do that with these cars. With any other toyota they can, but the FRS uses a subaru seat, with a subaru sensor which is different than the sensors traditionally used by toyota. Took the car to the subaru dealer, and they weren't able to do it either. However, as an update to the problem: I took the seat sensor out of the stock seat, and folded it up and plugged it in per the racing seat thread, and it did not solve the issue (solved in this case meaning that the passenger airbag would always be on). I checked the wiring of both seats, and there were no reversed wires, so that wasn't the issue. Final option was swapping over the module which reads the sensor (black box under the seat, gets two connectors plugged into it). I did this, and it seems to have worked! At first. it was reading all good, though now the passenger side is always on, requiring the belt to be buckled in. I think this condition may be due to me not removing the BRZ sensor module though (I have the FRS one just dangling next to it at the moment). Given that the sensor is electromagnetic, I think it may be picking up that extra module, and thinking someone is in the seat. When I get home from work today I will remove the seat (again, sigh) and take out the BRZ module, and mount the FRS one. Hopefully this will solve the issue for good. But if not, having the passenger belt in all the time, or getting an insert, is not such a pain for having working bags.

10-09-2015, 08:14 PM	#21
johnbradshow Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Drives: Audi Location: USA Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I think you need to reset tool to reset the ECU.

12-30-2015, 11:46 AM	#23
BDotG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: Asphalt 2013 FR-S Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 253 Thanks: 38 Thanked 126 Times in 73 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This is when nice leather seat covers come in handy :p, unless you really want butt warmers.

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