seats from a 2001 Terrano to a 1996 Mistral

[lacroupade]

Ok, I think I understand, I don't have an airbag in the seats but there is a plug connected under the seat :

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This plug is not in the 2001 seats. I thought it was a airbag plug for impatc like I saw in some cars.

The airbag is in the steering wheel

Can you tell me ?

Ah OK...steering wheel airbag got nowt to do with seats AFAIK. Can't imagine you'd have disturbed anything but dashboard check light should tell you....

Did you disconnect anything electrical when you took the old seats out? If not, then theres your answer. Nothing to do with that cable but leave it where it is.

But is the cable from the new seat, or just floating about under your old one with no home? Could be provision for (not installed) heated seats or, if on passenger seat, cable for CD multi-changer.....

 

[Stuarty]

Think the cable under your seat is connected to the seatbelt and goes to the seatbelt warning light on the dashboard.

 

[lacroupade]

Think the cable under your seat is connected to the seatbelt and goes to the seatbelt warning light on the dashboard.

That old Mistral must have been ahead of its time LOL.....never had such a thing in any of my four Maverannos LOL

 

[locteau]

The cable came from the floor to the old seat, no cable or plug under the new seat.

Think the cable under your seat is connected to the seatbelt and goes to the seatbelt warning light on the dashboard.

It might be this then.

Do we all agree this is not the airbag ?

 

[lacroupade]

The cable came from the floor to the old seat, no cable or plug under the new seat.



It might be this then.

Do we all agree this is not the airbag ?

YES but.....a few points to consider.....

1. I'm not sure the seat has anything to do with the steering wheel airbag at all, so personally I'd be discounting that - and as I said, if your airbag light still comes on and goes off when you start up, then theres nothing wrong with the circuit or connectivity and this cable has NOTHING to do with it. DOES THE AIRBAG LIGHT COME ON AND GO OFF AS IT SHOULD DO?

2. Does your Mistral actually have a seatbelt light???? I've had a Maverick and three T2s and none of them had such a thing...so unless the Mistral had to comply with Japanese legislation it won't either (and if it did, it would make no sense to remove the spec from the European version?). Let us know...it would show up on startup.

3. It all goes back, as I've already said, to whether this wire was actually connected to the old seat, or whether it was one of those wires they leave in for options like CD changer, heated seats etc... So, can you remember if you actually disconnected it from anything? If so, have a poke around at whatever it vconnected to on the old seat (which is fecked anyway) and see where it goes. The ONLY thing I can think of is it might have been heated seats, but you'd need to have a dash switch for that as well, have you?

4. Again as already said, I can't see it being seat airbags cos they weren't fitted until 2000 facelift, but again, Jap legislation might have required them....but I'd expect the 'Airbag' tags sewn on to the seat edge.

I await your kind response :thumb2

 

[locteau]

1) the airbag light is working as normal

2)the seat belt light is not coming on anymore (which answer all the questions)

3) I brought back the old seat and reconnected it. The seat belt light is then on until I plug it in.

4) you are right, it's not the airbag it is the seat belt light. I am 100% sure now

Seb

 

[lacroupade]

1) the airbag light is working as normal

2)the seat belt light is not coming on anymore (which answer all the questions)

3) I brought back the old seat and reconnected it. The seat belt light is then on until I plug it in.

4) you are right, it's not the airbag it is the seat belt light. I am 100% sure now

Seb

Sorted.

And we now know theres a seatbelt light on the Mistral (which there isn't on the Maverick/Terrano)...:thumb2 Confirmed by the fact that your 2000 seat doesn't have a connector for it, so must be Jap legislation for vehicles built and used there.

Can you just short the connections to make the light go out?

 

[locteau]

Can you just short the connections to make the light go out?

Can you explain ? where on how would I do this... remember I know nothing ! :nenau

 

[jace]

1) the airbag light is working as normal

2)the seat belt light is not coming on anymore (which answer all the questions)

3) I brought back the old seat and reconnected it. The seat belt light is then on until I plug it in.

4) you are right, it's not the airbag it is the seat belt light. I am 100% sure now

Seb

no need lookin at ans 2,3

 

[lacroupade]

Can you explain ? where on how would I do this... remember I know nothing ! :nenau

well i think all a seatbelt connection like that is looking for is a short circuit which is made by the metal seatbelt blade when you insert it.

so in theory, if you just short the two wires to each other the light will go out cos it thinks the belt is inserted. I'm not aware theres anything but the teeny-weeniest current flowing, and then only when the ignition is on, so shouldn't be a problem....

On my beemer (which has that annoying bleeping too) I just stick a cut-off belt end in the slot permanently :augie

 

[locteau]

Ok... only a few bits done

ok thanks for that... will actually try

 

[lacroupade]

ok thanks for that... will actually try

just check the connector, should be just two pins in it, so stich a paper clip or a bit of bent wire between the two holes and see what happens.

I am happy its safe as we've isolated/proved it to the seatbelt, otherwise of course I wouldn't be telling you to do such a daft thing. But even if it was something else, worst result would be a blown fuse. :augie

If it works, you just need to cut the connector off, strip back the two wires, wind them together and then tape the end up carefully and completely and tuck it out of the way :thumb2...or even follow it back and see if you can find a connection to disable, but not really necessary unless you can be bothered.