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Will I Set An Airbag Light By Removing The Passenger Seat?

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I want to temporarily remove the passenger seat of my regular cab 2010 work truck. Will this cause the airbag light to come on? If yes, will the light clear itself when I put the seat back? Can I clear the light by disconnecting the battery or using a generic ODB scanner?

 

I'm a little gun shy on this because my German car sets the light and it can only be cleared by dealer level diagnostic equipment. I don't want to take the seat out of my truck if it's going to create a problem I can't fix myself.

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To my knowledge it should go out as soon as you hook it back up and cycle the ignition by itself. But the code may stay in memory for several key cycles even though the light will be out.

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Yes it will, I pulled my whole interior out to sound deaden it. The air bag light will stay on as long as the connector is unplugged. I drove around like it with no problems. It goes right back off as soon you plug it back in.

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not trying to thread-jack but since we're talking under-seat sensors can i unplug the sensor that always tell me to put on my seatbelt?

 

not like i have a problem wearing seatbelts and i do on public roads down here (per-law) but at work im usually in and out over short distances of a mile under 25 mph and the thing drives me up a wall.

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Yes it will, I pulled my whole interior out to sound deaden it. The air bag light will stay on as long as the connector is unplugged. I drove around like it with no problems. It goes right back off as soon you plug it back in.

Thanks. That's just what I needed to know. I have a little metalic clinking sound coming from somewhere on the right side, either the seat or something on the rear cab framework so I want to take the seat out and see if the sound goes away. It will also make it easier to take the cab trim out below the rear window once the seats out if it turns out the seat itself wasn't the source.

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