Passenger Occupancy Sensor Fix

[Ed Doe]

Evening all,

I have what appears to be an intermittent fault with the passenger seat occupancy sensor on the M at the moment.

The occupancy pad is a non-OEM type fitted under the Squab Alcantara pad on my Tillett bucket seat. I'm fairly sure it's a slightly cracked connector, but the issue I have is the MOT is coming up. The Pad is connected in the normal way to the car wiring loom via the plugs under the seat.
My question - does anyone have any experience and recommendations for a resistor or module to plug into the plug and effectively delete the occupancy sensor.

Before anyone jumps down my throat on this from a safety perspective - the car is fitted with Schroth 6-point harnesses; if anyone got near enough to the dash with their head in the event of an accident they'd be a sodding giraffe! :lol:

Thanks in advance!

Ed

 

[Zoomer]

I put one of these in and all is good

 

[Chris_D]

I have an intermittent seatbelt light when the passenger seat is occupied and sometimes when it's not occupied.

Do I understand correctly that these seat-occupancy bypass dongles will prevent the airbag deploying in the event of a head-on crash?

 

[Sgr74]

I put one of these in and all is good

I’ve just bought these. I know the occupancy sensor is easy to fit. What about the seatbelt one? Do you get a diagram or instructions?

 

[Ed Doe]

Thanks Zoomer! I'm hoping my mate with Carly will remember to bring it in to work on Thursday so I can be absolutely sure of the issue, but that certainly looks to do the trick, and based on a quick google the image below appears to confirm it deals with the correct fault light I have coming up!

 

[Zoomer]

I put one of these in and all is good

I’ve just bought these. I know the occupancy sensor is easy to fit. What about the seatbelt one? Do you get a diagram or instructions?

Yes really easy they have a video that shows what to do.

 

[Sgr74]

I put one of these in and all is good

I’ve just bought these. I know the occupancy sensor is easy to fit. What about the seatbelt one? Do you get a diagram or instructions?

Yes really easy they have a video that shows what to do.

I received them today. What video?

 

[Ed Doe]

So having run the codes in carly this appears to be a Safety Terminal fault on the battery - the one that isolates the battery in the event of a crash or roll. No fix for that with the plugs so looks like it'll be soldering iron out

 

[Zoomer]

I’ve just bought these. I know the occupancy sensor is easy to fit. What about the seatbelt one? Do you get a diagram or instructions?

Yes really easy they have a video that shows what to do.

I received them today. What video?

I found one on the web but basically you extract the pins out of the connector and slip the new ones in . Whereabout are you

 

[davros]

I’ve just bought these. I know the occupancy sensor is easy to fit. What about the seatbelt one? Do you get a diagram or instructions?

Yes really easy they have a video that shows what to do.

I received them today. What video?

I’ve just ordered these from eBay. They include instructions within the item description. It looks fairly straightforward

 

[zagamuffin]

lads,

i have an intermittant alarm for seat belt not connected when it thinks someones in the seat (something light like a bag or phone sets it off or sometimes nothing).im wondering if thats why i have only occasional use of the heated seat function.does the seat heat switch not work if it thinks no ones in the seat ???

 

[Ed Doe]

Unlikely but it does point to possible loose connections for your seats. Have a check under them