"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
05/24/2018 at 17:59 • Filed to: None
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"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo)
05/24/2018 at 17:59 • Filed to: None | 1
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This is going to be a bit weird.
I am trying to get the 2007 Impreza wagon (not pictured) squared away to be a car that can get my son through college, at which time he can buy his next car himself.
So the instrument panel was malfunctioning, and my mechanic sent it to a local guy who could swap in a used panel for a few hundred bucks. When they opened it, the ABS and SRS warning lights had been painted over. Only on Craigslist would you buy a Subaru with disabled airbags full of cocaine! JUST KIDDING!
They cleaned everything up and tested the systems. ABS is fine, and the light does not come on after startup (it comes on and turns off like it is supposed to.) SRS has a broken wire under my seat, and they say we have to replace the wiring harness. Does this make any sense?
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> ImmoralMinority
05/24/2018 at 18:06 |
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I have never experienced those specific problems on my impreza but why the heck would you not be able to splice the seat sensor wire?
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> ImmoralMinority
05/24/2018 at 18:11 |
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They would likely have to replace that segment of the air bag harness to fix the wire. The other option is just to solder the wire back together yourself.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> ImmoralMinority
05/24/2018 at 18:20 |
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Whilst it’s just a broken wire, it’s a wire than contributes to a number of personally intimate explosions. And they must be exquisitely timed... no-one wants them going off just going down the road or 2 seconds after you’ve been t-boned by a BMW.
I’m familiar enough with electronics to know that sometimes a mechanical repair (that’s what a splice is) is not always the best electrical solution. This may well be one of them.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> ImmoralMinority
05/24/2018 at 18:22 |
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Well from a factory standpoint you NEVER repair anything in the SRS system. Because it is a safety issue, you must replace it
Here we see the SRS wiring, which is contained in other harnesses.
Since you said under the seat, I assume the passenger side and pertaining to the passenger presence sensor. There is a pigtail to the module from the main harness, but if it is in the seat it is the whole seat bottom. My guess is that previous owner didn’t want to spend $806.32 (factory list) for the whole passenger seat bottom. I can get you a discount, but not much and there are only 4 currently avaliable from Subaru in the US.
vicali
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
05/24/2018 at 18:29 |
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and this was the least terrifying gif I could find;
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vicali
> ImmoralMinority
05/24/2018 at 18:52 |
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There should be enough Subies in the wrecking yards with bent rims/ blown headgaskets but good seats.
I would also be willing to bet that Subie interchangibility may pay off for you - look for Foresters, Imprezzy Sedans, Wagons, and maybe even Legacys of the same vintage to scoop the seat with harness from.
I know our SG foz interior is almost exact with the same years Imprezas.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> CaptDale - is secretly British
05/24/2018 at 20:49 |
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That’s exactly what happened after I was t-boned in my WRX and the airbags went off. They replaced the entire SRS system, including wires and sensors.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/25/2018 at 11:24 |
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Well replacing the wires seems a bit much, but maybe it was needed
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> CaptDale - is secretly British
05/25/2018 at 11:41 |
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I think their concern is accidentally setting off the bags while working on the system or getting some wires crossed and having the bags go off when it’s powered up the first time.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/25/2018 at 12:23 |
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I suppose that is fair