Limp Mode - Removed Side Airbags - Did it cause Limp Mode?
 

I recently removed my side airbags for 4 reasons:

1. Was in the way of my C-Pillar strut
2. Weight Reduction lol
3. Just plain gutting the car
4. Im just crazy like that!

I expected it to throw a CEL which it did. But now my car seems to run in limp mode or something....It bogs down real hard and runs like $hit....It doesnt make sense to me that removing an airbag would cause it to go into limp mode. Any thoughts?

PS- I posted this in the Foced Induction section because it is turboed and the most knowledegbl people obv look in the forced induction thread. Thanks in advance!

Airbags system is completely different than the powertain ECU. They have nothing to do with one another the only reasonable explanation is you may have damaged another wire leading to a sensor or something and/or it may have already been there just happen to trip. Have the code read and find out what it is.

thanks man.....thats what i figured....best to get other opnions when trouble shooting..thanks again

id do some research.
last time i checked removing airbags was a federal offense.
not to mention, if you get into an accident, insurance is gonna give you a real hard time about the car and especially about any medical bills.

yea it prob is - but if hes like the rest of us i bet he has ALOT of other things done to the car that are illegal. Technically i believe tampering with emissions (removing cats) are also a federal offense - so yea :P As for insurance - dont know much about that - but ive also heard of insurance companies refusing to cover due to performance parts on a car - obviously something extreme - not like i/h/e or anything like that

Oh yea back to thing 1 lol - no - airbag would not cause limp mode :) Its gotta be something else - try resetting ecu - removing airbag will cause srs to light not a cel - ive dirven with my steering wheel airbag d/c lol