xxg00w0

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Im thinking to paint my seat and I'm wondering if I need to disconnect the negative battery. I order to take it off from my car

Kris9884

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Nope, unplug and pull out. But, paint your seat?

Black Betty

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You will need to reset your passenger airbag sensor when you put the seat back in, otherwise the passenger airbag will not deploy in a crash. You'll also have a dash light that will stay illuminated that warns you that the bag is deactivated.

xxg00w0

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any idea on how to reset the passenger airbag sensor??

Black Betty

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Yes.

https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...ing-light.html

Abramite

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I would just in plug the battery

xxg00w0

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thx Betty

xxg00w0

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did you turn on your car after you remove your seats? a member here said that he turned on his car and drove it while the seat was removed so he got the airbag code.

Black Betty

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Yes I did.

aeubank

With all of these airbag issues I would remove the negative post when removing the seat. I have a 2003 G35 and the seat needs to come out. I'm unhooking the battery..

kennyz424

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Explain more about this painting seat thing you want to do? I'm curious

Ryne

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From my multiple experiences removing and installing seats.

1. Disconnect the negative terminal.
2. Remove seat.
3. Install seat.
4. Reconnect the negative terminal.

No recoding or lights illuminated. If you start the car with anything disconnected, an error is likely that would require resets or recoding.

I am assuming when he says "paint", he means that he is going to color swap his leather. It is actually like painting the seats (with a special type of "paint").

JSolo

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^^Is parasitic draw enough to completely deplete any stored charge once the battery is disconnected, or is shorting out the pos/neg leads needed (obviously while the battery is disconnected!!)?

Ryne

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I've never done anything additional. For mental assurance I always push a couple buttons, such as the window, to verify power has been cut off. I would guess that more than just residual power is needed to deploy the airbag.

JSolo

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My comment was in context of the SRS system possibly recognizing lack of an airbag even though the system is off. I suppose if the car remains off then the safety systems are not energized anyway.

Come to think of it, having the doors open should be enough to drain anything remaining.