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GSJoe · 09-02-2012

With new SIR front impact sensors no longer available for our cars and with the numerous incidents--especially for 1990 cars--of a returning air bag light even after cleaning grounds between sensor and frame, I had a weird thought the other day upon viewing the schematic of this sensor in the FSM. In short, I wonder if anyone has ever tried to substitute a 10K ohm resistor for the sensor (with a small wire variation) to fool the system into thinking the sensor is present. Has anyone tried or even thought of this? I know doing so would eliminate air bag protection, but all old farts like me drove 35 or more years before they were invented and we're still here to tell about it.

09-02-2012	#1
GSJoe Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 135	Impact Sensor Substitute With new SIR front impact sensors no longer available for our cars and with the numerous incidents--especially for 1990 cars--of a returning air bag light even after cleaning grounds between sensor and frame, I had a weird thought the other day upon viewing the schematic of this sensor in the FSM. In short, I wonder if anyone has ever tried to substitute a 10K ohm resistor for the sensor (with a small wire variation) to fool the system into thinking the sensor is present. Has anyone tried or even thought of this? I know doing so would eliminate air bag protection, but all old farts like me drove 35 or more years before they were invented and we're still here to tell about it.