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2017March Update: The Chinese have now copied this idea (well done them) and put the resistor into a module that simply plugs into the air bag wire. Great idea! Remember your air bags will still go off in the event of an accident; this fix is merely a detection check to give franchised dealers more revenue.
I used a 3.3 ohm resistor (not 1.3 as stated in the video). Garages quoted between £500 & £2750 to repair this 'well known' fault, because all they want/can do is replace black boxes. Many will disagree but I care not for a safety system with dodgy wiring. To be fair, the once charged air bags could deploy [in the correct circumstances] despite dodgy wiring but I believe safety systems need to be built to mitigate failure completely.
Remember Safety squirrel fans, with this modification, the air bag deployment system remains as active as ever it was (given perhaps, the quality of electrical wiring). The air bags are deployed by a high pressure gas release on sensor assessed impact. My modification relates to 'air bag warning' systems which are designed to create a big revenue for franchised dealers. If this were not true then their wiring would be way better quality like it actually is in Japanese cars.
TIPS:
Fold over and double the thickness of thin resistor wires in order to fit them ensuring electrical contact into a BT gel cable joiner.
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Some people can do things like this: fix air bags,repair air con systems, build a house, fix a bicycle or create a program or write a story & love their family. They are intelligent enough to be confident that they can succeed & make their own wind. Others, have to steal their income from the estate of a family that have treated them extremely generously.
