[MaMuse]

I live in Northern VA and have recently put in my Corbeau racing seats and have triggered the airbag system fault. I have experienced this before and have had the system fault cleared at a local shop but I am told I cannot pass the Va Safety Inspection with the airbag light illuminated (which it is even with the fault cleared). Any advice??

[smdubovsky]

What car????

If there isn't a fault, the light will go out. On 996/7s the dealer can recode the airbag system to not detect seat airbags (like the GT3 seats).

[Fritz]

Originally Posted by MaMuse

I am told I cannot pass the Va Safety Inspection with the airbag light illuminated (which it is even with the fault cleared). Any advice??

On my 964 I just pulled the airbag bulb.

I'll eventually get my hands on a code reader and figure out what the problem is ( I suspect seat belt sensor), but it works for inspections.

[spiffyjiff]

durametric tool is "only" a few hundred bucks. that will clear airbag faults and lots more.

[smdubovsky]

durametric will clear the fault, but can not recode the airbag system of pre-997s. I had to take my 996 to a shop w/ a PST2 or PIWIS (Matt deMaria) to get it recoded.

[Toby]

x2. All Porsche shops have PST2 / PIWIS that can reset the system for you.

Before you do that you may also want to make sure you have reconnected (including ground) the seat belt receptacles.

[MaMuse]

Thanks for all the replies. I have a Cayman..Intersport said they can clear the fault and the light..we'll see. To pass the inspection pulling the bulb sounds the best!

[MaMuse]

One more thing, when the shop resets the system and clears the fault does it shut down only the thorax bags or the entire airbag system?

[smdubovsky]

If they recode the system for no seat airbags, it only disables the seat airbags.

[spiffyjiff]

why do you kids insist on living in VA? come over to MD, we only need inspection on resale.