Steve W Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Q: The garage 'sorting' my Soop out has just replaced the Airbag Collision Sensor. ( = airbag warning light, 1 of many faults ) { SUPPOSEDLY imported from Jap' - maybe/maybe not ? usual story ? } Where is it ? What does it look like ? (any ideas how much ? ) [ because, I will want to check a new one's been fitted when I get it back, to make sure they've actually done SOMETHING ! ] Yours, "mistrusting-swine", Steve W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 I was ripping some bit out of a dying Supra a couple of weeks ago and found the airbag module/sensor mounted underneath the centre console armrest section. FWIW it was a J-spec aero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin F Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Ahhh that is an inertia sensor used for the airbags and also the ABS i believe. There are also two airbag sensors at the front of each wing and if i remember rightly you can see these if you remove the wheelarch liners. Have a look at the attached.airbag sensors.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Phew, glad I havn't got all that extra weight on my car:baa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 I think I found one under the drivers seat, on a smashed MKIV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin F Posted July 5, 2002 Share Posted July 5, 2002 Originally posted by Terminator I think I found one under the drivers seat, on a smashed MKIV. I wonder how it managed to end up there. Oh yeah the ones in the front wings are usually bright yellow, for an obvious reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Originally posted by Martin F I wonder how it managed to end up there. Oh yeah the ones in the front wings are usually bright yellow, for an obvious reason. They ran out of red paint and they only had yellow left.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted July 7, 2002 Author Share Posted July 7, 2002 So, I take it that the one under the 'arm-rest' is the inertia (motion), and the ones in the wings are 'proper' impact ? It will be interesting to find out which (if any ? ) they have replaced ! [it would also be interesting to find out if any/all of those front-ender smashes - on that Exotic Right-Off sight - actually 'set-off' the wing sensors.... if not, what use are they ? ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam W Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 MY guess is that if either of the wing sensors is going backwards (or even slowing down) while the central sensor is going forwards then the airbgas go off - similar to the ABS sensors where the difference in wheel speeds is more important than the actual speed. You could always try shaking one really hard to see what happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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