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Cable under drivers seat

  • 25-09-2014 2:22pm
    #1
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭


    I'm afraid to pull it in case I disconnect something, but what could it be for?


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  • #2
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    It's a white cable with some sort of plug under the driver seat floor and a little white box like you'd connect a telephone wire into?


  • #3
    pippip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    Normally for the airbag located in the side of the seat.

    Or for the motors if you have electric lumbar support or if you have electric motors to move the seat.


  • #4
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    Thanks - hadn't noticed it before!


  • #5
    thomas anderson.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭thomas anderson.


    Pull it and find out


  • #6
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    thomas anderson. wrote: »
    Pull it and find out

    I'd prefer to know for sure what it is for!


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  • #7
    livingthedream
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭livingthedream


    Most cars will have an occupancy sensor in the seat so the car knows whether or not to deploy an airbag or not on that side in case of a collision.


  • #8
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    livingthedream wrote: »
    Most cars will have an occupancy sensor in the seat so the car knows whether or not to deploy an airbag or not on that side in case of a collision.

    Does it look like a black cable plugged under the floor and a white phone cable plugged into a wee white box?


  • #9
    martinr5232
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    What make and model is it maybe put up a picture aswell if you can.


  • #10
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    martinr5232 wrote: »
    What make and model is it maybe put up a picture aswell if you can.

    How do i post photos?


  • #11
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    I would really like to post a photo. please tell me how.


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  • #12
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    Ok, tried posting image but can't.


  • #13
    akura
    Closed Accounts Posts: 497 ✭✭akura


    It might be for the seat belt pretensioner. dont pull it anyway


  • #14
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    what's a pretensioner?


  • #15
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Her name was Lola wrote: »
    what's a pretensioner?
    A small explosive thingy that pulls your seat belt tight in a crash. Messing with airbag or pretensioners wires with key in ignition is likely to lead a red warning light on your dash at the very least if you do it wrong.

    Does your seat have:
    Airbags?
    Heating?
    Electrically moveable parts?
    A speaker underneath it?


  • #16
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    A small explosive thingy that pulls your seat belt tight in a crash. Messing with airbag or pretensioners wires with key in ignition is likely to lead a red warning light on your dash at the very least if you do it wrong.

    Does your seat have:
    Airbags?
    Heating?
    Electrically moveable parts?
    A speaker underneath it?

    No to all. There is an airbag in the dash.


  • #17
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    I'm going to unplug the thing in the floor. I will report back.


  • #18
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    Well, it's not a plug in the floor. It's a black box under the carpet with several wires coming out of it. I'll leave it alone me thinks!


  • #19
    martinr5232
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    Her name was Lola wrote: »
    Well, it's not a plug in the floor. It's a black box under the carpet with several wires coming out of it. I'll leave it alone me thinks!

    Sounds like a good idea :-)


  • #20
    fineso.mom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭fineso.mom


    Whatever you do make sure you cut the red wire first. No wait,!the blue wire, yeah cut the blue wire first. Actually no, maybe it is the red wire....


  • #21
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    If car is driving and no lights are on the dash, don't go pulling on stuff.
    Get an owner's manual for your make and year.


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  • #22
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    biko wrote: »
    If car is driving and no lights are on the dash, don't go pulling on stuff.
    Get an owner's manual for your make and year.

    I have to admit I'd be prone to hystrionics and thought it was a bomb.


  • #23
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Her name was Lola wrote: »
    I have to admit I'd be prone to hystrionics and thought it was a bomb.

    Probly a tracking device.


    No...


  • #24
    Her name was Lola
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 94 ✭✭Her name was Lola


    You may laugh. I got my Dad to come up and look at it and start the car. God I've been watching too many crime programmes!


  • #25
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    livingthedream wrote: »
    Most cars will have an occupancy sensor in the seat so the car knows whether or not to deploy an airbag or not on that side in case of a collision.

    Well, that can only apply to passenger seats.
    Hardly any car manufacturer would assume there'd be no need to deploy drivers airbag, as sensor on driver's seat says that driver is not present.

    I don't think I've seen yet a car with occupancy sensor on drivers seat.


  • #26
    Mark Tapley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Mark Tapley


    I took the front seats out of a Citroen Berlingo the other day and disconnected block connectors from both front seats. The airbag warning light is now on. I am hoping it will just go out when I replace the seats.


  • #27
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,593 ✭✭✭tossy


    What's the make and model of the car?


  • #28
    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    tossy wrote: »
    What's the make and model of the car?

    Stop asking the obvious question. Christ...


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