We put the seats in, hooked up the driver's side sensor on the side of the seat bracket away from the sliders, and did not connect the passenger side because we did not want to remove the whole module, and did not understand how to get the 2 senors out of the seat. At this point the main airbag light is on all the time in the car so here goes:

1) Are the airbags working @ this point?

2) Has anyone else done this w/ an '07+ (was different in my '06) and delt w/ this problem?

3) Does anyone know how to get the module & sensors out?

Any help is greatly appreciated, and btw he does not have side airbags.

-K-

 

I don't know about your driver-side airbags, but as far as I understand, your passenger-side airbags are triggered on or off by a sensor(s) in the seat. Now, if there are no sensor(s) at all, I'm not sure if it is triggered on automatically or not, but I'd put my money on "No".

Anyone with better info?

 

The thing that bothers me the most is that the airbag light is on in the gauge cluster, not the "off/on" one in the HVAC for the passenger side one...

 

well if your main airbag light is on then your airbags will NOT deploy.

 

^thats what I am afraid of.
*sigh*
Sounds like another 2hr phone call to Toyota tomorrow....

 

hmm jus a few quick q's do u have the side airbags? cuz if u do then u have to do a resistor modification so that the light doesn't stay on nd recognizes that the seatbelt is in...I'm not exactly sure wat to do but from what I know ur airbag will still deploy because of sensors on the car like the one that u see when u open ur hood don't exactly quote me but that is majority it as for the sensors I believe u r talking about the seats sensors those should just come of with clips unless they changed the setup cuz of the airbags I would know cuz I don't have them

 

i disagree .... if an airbag light is on then airbag will NOT deploy ... ots just that simple

 

Well in the 06 its just a weight sensor that you have to pull out. But the '07 had a module (box) that had a plug into it from the car and a plug out of it to the 2 sensors on the left side of the seat in the front and back of the rails (as you are sitting in it).. I am sure they need to come out, but do not know how, I am really hoping i don't have to take the stock seat apart....

 

Interesting

 

Bump!

 

Ok found out they are the seatbelt sensors, but the control box is for the airbags. FYI I guess.

 

do the aftermarket seats affect the front passenger side airbag or the side curtain bags? noob question but better to know than not know at all.

 

I believe the side airbags are in the seat, Correct me if I am wrong though, I personally do not have them.