Permanently remove passenger seat?

[JustPassinThru]

Originally Posted by TerribleTim

On the chance that these three wire sensors are analog, is there a way to jump or shunt them at the harness plug to "keep the SRS happy"??
That way I could just leave the blk box and four "rigged" plugs under the new seat.

Trying to find wiring diagram for the seat, specifically the blk box, but no luck.
TT

On the basis of what CTS and others have told me privately...NO.

The seat sensors are logic units...microprocessors. Jumping them will probably cook something.

FWIW...I've had the passenger seat out twice, for traveling and a big move. It shuts down the SRS airbag system and sends the passenger-belt warning flashing, but it doesn't hurt anything else. And it all goes away as soon as you plug the seat setup back in.

So...if you're willing to risk traveling with only your harness...just pull it out. If that flashing seat-belt light bothers you, do what I did: use a small Post-It note, or cut out a small piece, to glue on the face over that warning light.

I traveled Wisconsin to Florida and back, and then Wisconsin to Montana and back and again...all those miles disconnected. Once the seat was reinstalled, everything was fine.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

On the basis of what CTS and others have told me privately...NO.

The seat sensors are logic units...microprocessors. Jumping them will probably cook something.

FWIW...I've had the passenger seat out twice, for traveling and a big move. It shuts down the SRS airbag system and sends the passenger-belt warning flashing, but it doesn't hurt anything else. And it all goes away as soon as you plug the seat setup back in.

So...if you're willing to risk traveling with only your harness...just pull it out. If that flashing seat-belt light bothers you, do what I did: use a small Post-It note, or cut out a small piece, to glue on the face over that warning light.

I traveled Wisconsin to Florida and back, and then Wisconsin to Montana and back and again...all those miles disconnected. Once the seat was reinstalled, everything was fine.

If any portion of the SRS system is in an error state the airbags will not deploy in a crash, so by driving with the passenger occupancy system being in an error state you have the entire SRS system in fault.