clio 182 seats

[mightymanx]

hiya hopefully some 1 can help. i know were there a clio 182 2004 that hit a kerb basically and a seat air bag went off.
so the seat is knackered my question is can i just put bucket seats in it as its only 700 sheets?

[Mr Raider]

You could do, however would this cause airbag light to come on?

[mightymanx]

yer i no about thr light but that wont bother me ?

[gimme5]

New MOT rules, any light which stays on the dash which should not is a failure don't know if this is in play now but will be.

[caymanr26]

you can get a resistor to attach to the wiring which will make the car think there is an airbag fitted and the lights will stay off - theres hundreds of 172's 182's running bucket seats around

[Hoolio]

you can get a resistor to attach to the wiring which will make the car think there is an airbag fitted and the lights will stay off - theres hundreds of 172's 182's running bucket seats around

This. TBH I would be more worried about what damage was done to the undercarriage when it hit the kerb.

[Mr Raider]

True, bent wishbone/subframe/stub axle/driveshaft/strut etc :coffee:

[Ricardo]

Once the airbag has gone off the light stays permanently on, IIRC it's either another airbag ECU and plugged into CLIP diagnostics or just CLIP to clear faults.

Do you want to fit buckets? Why not buy a 2nd hand seat, fit it, then get it on CLIP. The resistor method would usually work but i imagine in this case as it's gone off it's triggered the airbag ECU too. Matt from Codered can confirm this.

[mightymanx]

i live on the isle of man there is no mot so that is no problem it had a new wish bone track rod etc

[Tony Walker]

Once the airbag has gone off the light stays permanently on, IIRC it's either another airbag ECU and plugged into CLIP diagnostics or just CLIP to clear faults.

Do you want to fit buckets? Why not buy a 2nd hand seat, fit it, then get it on CLIP. The resistor method would usually work but i imagine in this case as it's gone off it's triggered the airbag ECU too. Matt from Codered can confirm this.

:agree:

[Matt@CodeRedMotorsports]

Yep, as ric says and tony agrees, if an airbag has deployed it's another/new computer as the light will be on all the time even if you did try and erase the code/reconfigure it.
Just whack another seat in it or stitch the old one up?
No mot on Isle of Man? Must have some interesting cars over ther mate??

[Hoolio]

Yep, as ric says and tony agrees, if an airbag has deployed it's another/new computer as the light will be on all the time even if you did try and erase the code/reconfigure it.
Just whack another seat in it or stitch the old one up?


Interesting this. So as the computer has "fired" does that mean it will not then "fire" any of the remaining bags and would fitting a new seat solve this/the light?

[Matt@CodeRedMotorsports]

That is something I've never tried to find out really. I can only imagine that if you have shunted the car hard enough for a bag to be deployed, then the affected parts should be replaced. So in this case, new seat and computer and the computer programmed to the car.
But in reality, you can fit a second hand seat and computer, reconfigure the computer to the car, the vin numbers will differ from computer to car but the lights would go out on the dash.
This is a phase 2 car, it's MUCH easier to put the lights out on a phase 1 172 without replacement parts ;)

[mightymanx]

sounds a bit much hassle lol no there no mot over here so yer there are a few crap heaps lol

[Matt@CodeRedMotorsports]

With no mot laws, just drive it as it is?;)

[Ricardo]

With no mot laws, just drive it as it is?;)


Thread is pointless

[mightymanx]

well i was going to drive it as it is lol as the light wouldnt bother me just wondered what other damage may be done to suspension etc