Which resistors are you using and how are they installed? The only time mine came back on was because one resistor got loose on the pass side from someone moving the seat.

Edit: I see you said you're using 2.2 ohm resistors - what you should be using is 4.7ohm 1/2 watt resistors.

I have a bunch laying around still somewhere, if you want to PM me your address and I can mail some to you.

 

4.7 ohm seriously? 2GorNot2G claims his works fine on 2.2 ohms. Now I am confused. I have a 2013 G37S sedan. Do you think they changed anything with the wiring for my year? It sounds like it has worked fine for you.

 

No I don't think anything would be different, the directions I followed were from the370z forum.

Edit: It looks like the 2.2ohm resistor worked for previous generation (350z/g35/etc) but the newer vehicles (370z/g37/etc) is where you should use the 4.7ohm resistor.

 

Thanks for your help. I hope it is something that simple. I might take you up on those resistors if I cannot find them locally tomorrow.

 

Strange. I'm running 2 ohm resistors in mine without any issue and my buddy is running 2.2 ohm resistors in his G37S coupe (also a 2008 I believe). Both have been working fine for well over a year. Do you have a multi-meter, 4DRZ? If so, then you can easily measure the resistance of the side air bag in your factory seat. You will want to using a resistor with a matching resistance. The air bag in my factory sport seat was just about 2 ohms, so that's why I went with 2 ohm resistors, but from most of the reading I've done, most of the G37 guys are running 2.2 ohm resistors.


I see that your car is a 2013 so maybe Infiniti changed their air bag supplier at one point and the new air bags have a higher resistance? Either way, I would just measure the resistance on the airbag on your factory seat and just match that.

 

Hey you're back! I have a multi-meter, but it is not digital and does not go that low. ttv36 above mentioned that the wiring changed for the newer cars so I am going to pick up a 4.7 ohm 1/2 watt resistor today and try that.

 

I splurged and spent $3.12 on two packs of resistors in case something goes wrong. Got them installed tonight and reset the airbag light. Hopefully this will be the end of the annoying flashing airbag light... fingers, legs, and arms crossed while I knock on wood for good luck.

 

You're just flukes

Looks like the right ones to me, here's to hoping!

 

Good luck, 4DRZ. I hope the 4.7 ohm resistors work for you.


But from all my research it looks like pretty much all Nissan's and Infiniti's use 2.2 ohm for the air bag bypass. My buddy's G37 coupe is actually a 2009 and he is using 2.2 ohm resistors and I have another buddy with a 2012 370Z that is also using 2.2 ohm resistors without any issues. So the 2.2 ohm resistors should be working.. Although, I don't see an issue with using a higher resistance resistor, but if you stray to far from the actual air bag resistance then you might still trigger the air bag error light. Here's a good post from the GTR forum also stating to use 2.2 ohm resistors.


Aftermarket seats, flashing airbag light? Here's a solution... (warning, it's a long post) - Interior & Exterior - GT-R Life

 

The 4.7 ohm resistor did nothing. I cannot even get the airbag light to reset at all now.

2GorNot2G- did you ever drive your car without the wiring harness attached? Maybe that is my issue.

 

Yikes! I would say try to disconnect your battery for a good while then try the reset procedure again.

I do not have any harnesses plugged in under my seats at all.

 

Damn, I was really hoping it just boiled down to plugging in the harness as I have yet to do that. I had the battery disconnected the whole time I installed the new 4.7 ohm resistor so I really doubt that is the problem, but at this point I am willing to try anything. I will screw around with it this weekend.

 

I left my battery unplugged for well over 24 hours and did the on/off sequence to reset the airbag light only to have it turn on instantly.

It seemed odd so I took another look at the wiring of the relay. It turns out that one of the metal tabs on the plug was bent up and actually going over the connector instead of into it. I bent it back, plugged it back in, and tried resetting the airbag light again.

Unfortunately, it just flashed the airbag light in code that it was reading an issue. Sometimes that would happen and then reset when you restart the car. I restarted it and the airbag light finally went off. Hopefully, it stays off for good. Fingers crossed... again.

 

Yeah, I drove the car with the new seats for several months before wiring the seat control/memory module back in. The air bag circuit is complete separate from the rest of the seat wiring harness so I don't think that would affect it at all. Have you double checked all of your connections for the resistors? If you can find a friend with a digital multimeter (or buy a cheap one at Harbor Freight or Amazon) then you can use the needle type probes to see if you are able to measure the resistors resistance in the chassis side of the air bag wiring harness.

 

Yeah, hopefully that solves your issue. It's never fun trying to track down the source of electrical issues.


Which relay are you referring to anyway? Did you remove/replace that same relay recently? I didn't touch any of my relays when replacing the seats.