Replacing the air bag module
 

Actually air bag removal is not that difficult if you take precautions. I
just replaced my aging steering wheel that had come loose at the top from
the frame inside with a used leather one and the whole swap took a total of
30 minutes to do. The information in miata.net garage section is very
helpful as long as you take all precautions, i.e.. avoid staring the airbag
in the face as you are taking off .
Dan
"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> after reading quite a bit on the issue recently (mine's blinking 10 times)
> most seem to agree you shouldn't mess with the air bag system yourself and
> that you need to proceede w/ serious caution if you mess with the air bag
at
> all.
>
> You can do searches in the 'garage' section of miata.net to read tons of
> info on this.
>
> I'm thinking of a Momo Champion and no air bag, myself.
>
> Chris
> 92BB&T
>
> "BigR" > wrote in message
> m...
> > My air bag indicator is blinking 6 times, indicating a faulty air bag
> module.
> >
> > Does anyone have experience replacing this module?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>


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People act like doing anything with an airbag is like diffusing a bomb.

In reality they are pretty simple systems. They don't have triggers, you
can trip, and they don't deploy if you accedentally touch a wire. A voltage
is required to be sent from the controller to the bag in order to ignite the
squib in the bag. Theyr'e really not the big, scary magical systems that
some people make them out to be!


"Daniel Nguyen" > wrote in message
...
> Actually air bag removal is not that difficult if you take precautions. I
> just replaced my aging steering wheel that had come loose at the top from
> the frame inside with a used leather one and the whole swap took a total
of
> 30 minutes to do. The information in miata.net garage section is very
> helpful as long as you take all precautions, i.e.. avoid staring the
airbag
> in the face as you are taking off .
> Dan
> "Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > after reading quite a bit on the issue recently (mine's blinking 10
times)
> > most seem to agree you shouldn't mess with the air bag system yourself
and
> > that you need to proceede w/ serious caution if you mess with the air
bag
> at
> > all.
> >
> > You can do searches in the 'garage' section of miata.net to read tons of
> > info on this.
> >
> > I'm thinking of a Momo Champion and no air bag, myself.
> >
> > Chris
> > 92BB&T
> >
> > "BigR" > wrote in message
> > m...
> > > My air bag indicator is blinking 6 times, indicating a faulty air bag
> > module.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have experience replacing this module?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>
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"Chief_Wiggum" > wrote:

>People act like doing anything with an airbag is like diffusing a bomb.
>
>In reality they are pretty simple systems. They don't have triggers, you
>can trip, and they don't deploy if you accedentally touch a wire. A voltage
>is required to be sent from the controller to the bag in order to ignite the
>squib in the bag. Theyr'e really not the big, scary magical systems that
>some people make them out to be!

Those "some people" are the airbag manufacturers and various
governments. :)

I have had mine off a number of times. Nothing happened, but I
would not like to understate the dangers in a public forum where
I do not know what and how many people read what I say and what
they do with it. There are possible manufacturing problems,
possible material faults (including in the explosive and igniter),
my own incomplete knowledge (static electricity? heat? shock?),
possible misunderstanding, and human error and/or stupidity to
consider.

Incidentally, the instructions for my steering wheel say to wait
30 minutes after disconnecting the negative battery terminal,
not 5 as I stated earlier. They are intended for professional
shops.

Leon

>"Daniel Nguyen" > wrote in message
...
>> Actually air bag removal is not that difficult if you take precautions. I
>> just replaced my aging steering wheel that had come loose at the top from
>> the frame inside with a used leather one and the whole swap took a total
>of
>> 30 minutes to do. The information in miata.net garage section is very
>> helpful as long as you take all precautions, i.e.. avoid staring the
>airbag
>> in the face as you are taking off .
>> Dan
>> "Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > after reading quite a bit on the issue recently (mine's blinking 10
>times)
>> > most seem to agree you shouldn't mess with the air bag system yourself
>and
>> > that you need to proceede w/ serious caution if you mess with the air
>bag
>> at
>> > all.
>> >
>> > You can do searches in the 'garage' section of miata.net to read tons of
>> > info on this.
>> >
>> > I'm thinking of a Momo Champion and no air bag, myself.
>> >
>> > Chris
>> > 92BB&T
>> >
>> > "BigR" > wrote in message
>> > m...
>> > > My air bag indicator is blinking 6 times, indicating a faulty air bag
>> > module.
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone have experience replacing this module?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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