Cell phone in passenger seat issue fixed? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

kaputt · 01-02-2022, 10:32 PM

I remember from the last gen that putting a cell phone in the empty front passenger seat would set off the airbag alarm.

For you early adopters of the BR86, has this issue been resolved in gen 2?

Thanks!

Blighty · 01-02-2022, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaputt

I remember from the last gen that putting a cell phone in the empty front passenger seat would set off the airbag alarm.

For you early adopters of the BR86, has this issue been resolved in gen 2?

Thanks!

Never had this issue. Was there a recall?

soundman98 · 01-03-2022, 12:11 AM

I think this issue was resolved by '14.

I've never had the problem in 2 different '14 brz's

kaputt · 01-03-2022, 12:27 AM

Interesting. I had the issue on a 2017 Toyota 86 I rented on Turo when I was thinking of buying the first Gen.

Regardless, hopefully it was fixed!

dragoontwo · 01-03-2022, 10:15 AM

I didn't have the issue in my '20 or '22 with setting my lunch bag or my Kamado Joe Jr on the passenger seat.

ejasons · 01-03-2022, 02:55 PM

I had the issue in my 2017. Not necessarily a cell phone, but anything large enough and electronic would set off the capacitive sensor that the seat used to try to sense a person sitting there.

My 2022 doesn't seem to do that (or at least hasn't)...

MisterGoober · 01-03-2022, 05:45 PM

Appears fixed. I had the problem on my 2015 WRX and also maybe on my 2017 STI. Phone was happily sitting in the passenger seat with the BRZ with no problems (also because there's nowhere else to put the phone)

jflogerzi · 01-03-2022, 05:59 PM

never had this problem by just a phone on my 13 FRS....

tenderization · 01-03-2022, 06:04 PM

I've been driving with a phone on the passenger seat for weeks and havent seen anything yet, but today: https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...6&postcount=73

Also had a roll of gaff tape (1lbs max) resting on the seat, but don't see how that would set it off...

01-02-2022, 10:32 PM	#1
kaputt Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Drives: Civic Sport; seeking weekend car Location: CA Posts: 77 Thanks: 21 Thanked 44 Times in 23 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Cell phone in passenger seat issue fixed? I remember from the last gen that putting a cell phone in the empty front passenger seat would set off the airbag alarm. For you early adopters of the BR86, has this issue been resolved in gen 2? Thanks!

01-03-2022, 12:11 AM	#3
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kaputt Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Drives: Civic Sport; seeking weekend car Location: CA Posts: 77 Thanks: 21 Thanked 44 Times in 23 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Interesting. I had the issue on a 2017 Toyota 86 I rented on Turo when I was thinking of buying the first Gen. Regardless, hopefully it was fixed!

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dragoontwo Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Drives: 22 BRZ limited Location: NW IA Posts: 1,207 Thanks: 226 Thanked 1,025 Times in 537 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I didn't have the issue in my '20 or '22 with setting my lunch bag or my Kamado Joe Jr on the passenger seat.

01-03-2022, 02:55 PM	#6
ejasons Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: 2017 White BRZ Premium Location: Portland, OR Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I had the issue in my 2017. Not necessarily a cell phone, but anything large enough and electronic would set off the capacitive sensor that the seat used to try to sense a person sitting there. My 2022 doesn't seem to do that (or at least hasn't)...

01-03-2022, 05:45 PM	#7
MisterGoober Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Drives: IS300, WRX, STI, Bicycle Location: TX Posts: 87 Thanks: 2 Thanked 39 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Appears fixed. I had the problem on my 2015 WRX and also maybe on my 2017 STI. Phone was happily sitting in the passenger seat with the BRZ with no problems (also because there's nowhere else to put the phone)

01-03-2022, 06:04 PM	#9
tenderization Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Drives: 88 RX-7, 2022 BRZ Location: California Posts: 91 Thanks: 170 Thanked 31 Times in 17 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I've been driving with a phone on the passenger seat for weeks and havent seen anything yet, but today: https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...6&postcount=73 Also had a roll of gaff tape (1lbs max) resting on the seat, but don't see how that would set it off...

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