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Airbag light on?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by HDuncan, Apr 13, 2015.

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    Were you able to resolve the airbag light issue? I changed the spiral cable. I get no blink code nor can I make the airbag light to go away by using jumper wire on 4 and 13 and pressing brake 8x in 5secs. Frustrating.
     
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    That will, however, clear most brake system codes, if you had any of those.
     
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    I tried resetting airbag light the way Patrick Wong suggested too by just removing jumper wire. But note I see no 2 digit codes just a blink sequence. That also did not reset the airbag light. No codes but yet you can't reset.
     
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    You might want to reread the process. You don't just remove a wire.

    If you have a light you will have at least one code, so if you don't see any codes, your reader is inadequate.
     
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    Not using any code reader. Just jumper wire. I believe I currently have no dtc code but just airbag light. Previously when it was scanned months ago using techstream(which I absolutely can't get access to now) it was giving b1801 and this week clock spring was replaced. Horn and steering wheel buttons work now but airbag light stays on.

    I have a recollection that months ago I adjusted the passenger side pulling it backwards. Promptly the next time I start the car I got the airbag light. I am almost 90% sure thats what triggered the airbag light the 1st time and later the malfunctioning of clockspring was on top of it that may have added to it. Now I have tried to unplug and reconnect the yellow connectors under both the front seats. Also jiggled the wires a bit. Nothing has helped to reset the airbag light.
    Is there anything else I can adjust, unplug/plug, etc under the seats that may solve my airbag light issue ?
     
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    Surely you begin to see by now why it is so helpful to get the trouble codes. For example, if you knew that your current code was a B1801, you would be able to focus on the steering column and not be distracted by thinking about the seats. But at the moment we don't know what your current codes are.

    In a couple different threads now, you've mentioned seeing "no 2 digit codes just a blink sequence". Can you expand on that a little? Maybe post some video of it?

    Edit: saw the video in your other thread. 51 was the blink code, which means one (or more) of the four trouble codes B1800, B1801, B1802, B1803. All of those have to do with the driver's airbag squib, the one in the steering wheel, nothing seat-related.
     
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