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tridentt150v Grand Master

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OK, I have always had a SAAS/Momo wheel.  The car came with a very plain Nardi wheel ( I never ever had the original wheel) which I sold, the SAAS wheel has been on ever since - talking about 20 years.  Anyway recently my 'go to' guy for rego finally figured out that I should have an airbag wheel ('98 Gtst).  Although I got a pink slip I also knew the SASS wheels days were numbered.  Since I had 2 standard wheels (bought for such a day), it wasn't a problem.  I actually had one wheel refurbished with leather, alcatrana and CF and fitted it.  Plugged in the airbag and got the dreaded flashing airbag light.  Tried the other wheel and same result.

The flashing is the usual quick flash, I thought easily solved with the 7 interior light button trick, but it didn't work.  What did happen was it went into diagnostic mode and I got one long flash then two quick flashes, repeated and repeatedly.   Every time I tried the 7 interior light trick it went to this 1 long, 2 short flashes.  I disconnected the battery and bled the system (lights on etc) but no combination worked.  Then I put my 0.7v resistor adaptor back in had to do the 7 interior light trick and problem solved - sort of.

What I want to know is what this pattern is indicating?  If I knew this I could do something to fix it.....otherwise its off to see an auto sparkie and round here they have zip zilch zero Skyline experience and probably diagnostic knowledge, software, or tools.

PS I also tried a few other tricks I found on the internet, such as turning the ignition off before the first flash 3 times etc but nothing worked.

TLDR....my airbag light is flashing one long and two short flashes......what does this mean?

 

Duncan Grand Master

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So, I don't know the R33 GTST flashes.

However, I had as similar issue for the drivers side seat airbag in the cima, ultimately I unplugged it and put an appropriately sized resistor between the 2 wires on the car side to turn the light out. I can't remember the resistor size and it varies between models, but I just used a variable resistor (pot) to find the right one to put in.  That would get you an airbag steering wheel but no airbag warning light

tridentt150v Grand Master

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Yeah Duncan, that's what I have now as a temporary fix.

But ideally would like to eventually have a functioning airbag setup....hence my question.  But if i don't get an answer then I'll be taking the car to an auto sparkie with no idea of the diagnostic message [one long and two short flashes].

I thought if I could find out what the flash sequence meant then I could at least have something to check when I take it in.

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