lyonsac4242

Hey guys,

Does anyone know (hopefully not by experience) if replacing the stocks seats on a 05 C6 LT3 with side airbags will also disable the front airbags too? I know the airbag light will come on and you will lose telescoping steering wheel unless you have the Pfadt harness.... Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks
Scott

no spin

Each air bag has a seperate loop through the SDM. That being said the service manual states "The SDM provides continuous monitoring of the air bag circuits by conducting a sequence of checks. If a malfunction is detected the SDM wil store a dtc and request the IPC to turn the AIR BAG indicator ON. The presence of a SIR system malfunction could result in the non deployment of the air bags".

I haven't crashed my car yet so thats all the help I can be.

lyonsac4242

thanks for your input

wtknght1

All the bags are wired/sensored separately...so the side bags won't necessarily go off in a front collision...and vice versa. So, I'm 99% sure that disconnecting the seat would not affect the front bags.

95jersey

This is definately the big mystery, as much as we all want to know the real answer, hopefully we never need to find out.

My suggestion, don't run with non-stock seats on the street, and when you put your race seat in for the track, make sure you are held in place by 5/6 point just in case the airbag does not work. Plan for contingency, don't count on the airbags once you remove the seat.

lyonsac4242

Yeah, that is what I plan on doing. I just hate going from the race seat to the stock one. After being held in place at the track in my seat, going back to the stocker just sucks. Also, I do drive me car to the track... Good input, thanks

95jersey

You can buy a resistor that cancels the light through PDFAT, although they make no claim that it makes the airbag system function properly. So you could be paying $100 just to get rid of a light.

I tow, so I don't drive with race seat on the street, but I am curious as to what do you use for a seat belt on the street. I found it difficult if not imposible to get the seat belt connector disconnected from the seat base, as it also has an electrical connector.

I agree, it is a total mess, the C5 was MUCH easier in this aspect.