Not clear on the SRS light

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I'm not interested in just resetting the light, I'm going to fix it correctly by finding out what the code is and replacing the part.
 

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So I took the plug out from the clips and found the brown and black wires on the 4 and 9 pin. Jumped them and got the 9-3. So faulty driver Side seatbelt switch. Since it's seatbelt is that covered by Honda free of charge?
 

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^Maybe, depends on how they're feeling that day. I've seen some people get SRS issues fixed for free, others had to pay. I'd call Honda of America and your local dealer and see if what they say is consistent.
 

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Hello all,

I have a similar problem. I swapped the stock seats in my 99 ex coupe for the super awesome, amazingly comfortable 02 Acura CL/TL seats. They match perfectly and they were by far the best 80 bucks I have spent on my ride.

So I wired them up directly from the battery and using individual fuse boards. Because the accord stock harness is not being used to power the seats there is currently nothing attached to those wires. However, I did swap the old seat belt buckle to the new CL seats and plugged only those wires to the stock harness, thinking that there would be no way for the computer to tell it was attached to a CL seat. So to recap I have CL seats with accord seat belt buckle and the accord wires only connected to the part of the harness that tells that seat belt is plugged in.

The problem is that the SRS light is on. I will try the procedure above to verify the cause, but I am wondering if not having the seat movement wires connected to the harness will cause the SRS light? Or maybe the buckle connections are just loose/need better ground?

That being said, if I ensure the buckle wires/ground are good, and there is no issues with not having the movement wires plugged in, then how do I reset the SRS light? Will simply disconnecting the battery for 10-15 minutes reset the SRS?

Thanks to any and all help.
 

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Confirmed with the Honda dealer that the SRS light is only the 9-3 code, replaced under lifetime warranty, diagnostic fee waived. Will be in next week. 45 minute install. I have the recall parts on order, but are back ordered due to high demand.

Thanks 6thgen for the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)
 

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Post number five is what I used as a guide. This resets the SRS light only and works, I have used this on 3, 6th gen accords all with success. Mine never came back on. It involves shorting out the pins on the MES plug. The plug is above the drivers side kick panel two pin yellow connector. If done properly this procedure takes less than a minute to clear the light. Post #5 http://www.superhonda.com/forum/f13/how-reset-srs-light-59738/

I would try to reset it and see if it comes back. If it does then I would look into it further. The seat belt sensor was replaced under warranty a long while ago but never had an issue with the passenger seat sensor.

EDIT: The video posted above is for the CEL system, SRS is an independent system from the CEL and wont reset using the method above.

Copy and pasted the procedure here: the link above has pics.

1. Locate MES Plug. It should be located near the driver's side fuse panel under the dash. The harness is yellow with two wires.

2. Unplug the MES Plug.

3. Insert one end of speaker wire into MES Plug (one wire in each contact)

4. Follow this sequence of shorting the other two leads of the speaker wire and turning the ignition to "on" (not accessory, not start)

Short and hold the leads while you turn the ignition to on. The SRS Light will illuminate for a few seconds then go off.
When the SRS Light goes off, unshort the wires. The SRS Light will come back on.
Short and hold the wires again. The SRS Light will go off.
When the SRS Light goes off, unshort the wires. The SRS Light will blink twice.
Turn the ignition off.
Start engine as normal. The SRS Light should illuminate for a couple of seconds as normal and then go off.
This series of shorting/unshorting needs to take place within a 4 second window of the SRS Light going on/off each time.


The method I listed for the CEL works to flash out SRS codes. However, you will need that MES plug to reset it.
 

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Hello all,

I have a similar problem. I swapped the stock seats in my 99 ex coupe for the super awesome, amazingly comfortable 02 Acura CL/TL seats. They match perfectly and they were by far the best 80 bucks I have spent on my ride.

So I wired them up directly from the battery and using individual fuse boards. Because the accord stock harness is not being used to power the seats there is currently nothing attached to those wires. However, I did swap the old seat belt buckle to the new CL seats and plugged only those wires to the stock harness, thinking that there would be no way for the computer to tell it was attached to a CL seat. So to recap I have CL seats with accord seat belt buckle and the accord wires only connected to the part of the harness that tells that seat belt is plugged in.

The problem is that the SRS light is on. I will try the procedure above to verify the cause, but I am wondering if not having the seat movement wires connected to the harness will cause the SRS light? Or maybe the buckle connections are just loose/need better ground?

That being said, if I ensure the buckle wires/ground are good, and there is no issues with not having the movement wires plugged in, then how do I reset the SRS light? Will simply disconnecting the battery for 10-15 minutes reset the SRS?

Thanks to any and all help.

To be quite honest, I don't know what this could be off the top of my head without codes so I'm sorry on that.

To vtfulton, glad all worked out and you're on your way!
 

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@spacemonkee23 what if after doing the short thing and the light goes off the second time, it doesn't blink twice but just comes back on steady?
Hey my SRS light was on recently and in the past that trick always worked. But this time it kept coming back on. Turns out the driver seatbelt buckle was dirty. You can open it up and clean the contacts and boom, all fixed! Search on youtube for how to open and clean the seatbelt buckle.
 
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