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[05omegav6]

If you can give details of the seats, then might be able to help resolve the problem before you reset it... Perfectly possible to unplug the seats, ignition off and key out, without disconnecting the battery or putting the light on... which suggests a problem

[TheBoy]

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No generic OBDII reader will clear airbags on *any* Omega.  Egay sellers universally talk shite.

Unless it's a 'cheapo Tech II' 

S'not a generic reader Mr B, is Vauxhall specific...  ...and if you can find an old enough laptop, not a bad bit of kit for the money .

[TheBoy]

If you can give details of the seats, then might be able to help resolve the problem before you reset it... Perfectly possible to unplug the seats, ignition off and key out, without disconnecting the battery or putting the light on... which suggests a problem

It may be as simple as somebody had the ignition on with the seat out/unplugged. Some variants of the SAB6 ECU will keep the light on.

Assuming nobody has messed around swapping seats, the usual suspects are contacter unit in steering, drivers main airbag, or side airbags (MFL/FL).

If someone has swapped seats, hopefully its a case they turned ignition on with them unplugged. Worse case is wrong seats.

[aaronjb]

If you can give details of the seats, then might be able to help resolve the problem before you reset it... Perfectly possible to unplug the seats, ignition off and key out, without disconnecting the battery or putting the light on... which suggests a problem

It may be as simple as somebody had the ignition on with the seat out/unplugged.

Easily done, too.. I set mine off by unplugging the door loom (trying to get the speaker working) and then forgetting it was out and switching the ignition on..  Which is why I own one of those code readers we can't talk about, as well as the MaxiScan

[TheBoy]

If you can give details of the seats, then might be able to help resolve the problem before you reset it... Perfectly possible to unplug the seats, ignition off and key out, without disconnecting the battery or putting the light on... which suggests a problem

It may be as simple as somebody had the ignition on with the seat out/unplugged.

Easily done, too.. I set mine off by unplugging the door loom (trying to get the speaker working) and then forgetting it was out and switching the ignition on..  Which is why I own one of those code readers we can't talk about, as well as the MaxiScan

If the price for (a genuine) one wasn't so unbelievably outrageous, I'd recommend them in a flash (but still recommend its not used for programming).

[05omegav6]

Knew I had read it somewhere

Ok no problem can vauxhall not reset it with a tech 2. Ive only just bought the car and the only reason the light is on is because they changed the seats but forgot to wait 15 minutes before doing the job.

[minifreek]

The cheapo pc software that isnt allowed to be mentioned will reset the light... The ignition more than likely was switched on with the seats out or the wrong seats have been installed without airbags...

The only other way round it is to install an airbag ECU that id from a car that doesnt have the side airbags... but then it may not be compatible with the wiring loom in your Omega... IIRC there are 4 types of airbag ECU...

Depending on the MoT station and how well you know them or how lenient they are.... the airbag HAS to light then extinguish itself and not come back on within 10 seconds... if it doesn't light at all, then it is an instant failure - or should be...

[Broomies Mate]

The cheapo pc software that isnt allowed to be mentioned will reset the light... The ignition more than likely was switched on with the seats out or the wrong seats have been installed without airbags...

The only other way round it is to install an airbag ECU that id from a car that doesnt have the side airbags... but then it may not be compatible with the wiring loom in your Omega... IIRC there are 4 types of airbag ECU...

Depending on the MoT station and how well you know them or how lenient they are.... the airbag HAS to light then extinguish itself and not come back on within 10 seconds... if it doesn't light at all, then it is an instant failure - or should be...

Not since March 2013. 

[Andy B]

Knew I had read it somewhere

Ok no problem can vauxhall not reset it with a tech 2. Ive only just bought the car and the only reason the light is on is because they changed the seats but forgot to wait 15 minutes before doing the job.

But also said that Vauxhall were unable to reset the light 

[05omegav6]

Knew I had read it somewhere

Ok no problem can vauxhall not reset it with a tech 2. Ive only just bought the car and the only reason the light is on is because they changed the seats but forgot to wait 15 minutes before doing the job.

But also said that Vauxhall were unable to reset the light 

Which suggests an actual issue, hence the question regarding old and new seats... Rocket science 101 it isn't 

[TheBoy]

Knew I had read it somewhere

Ok no problem can vauxhall not reset it with a tech 2. Ive only just bought the car and the only reason the light is on is because they changed the seats but forgot to wait 15 minutes before doing the job.

But also said that Vauxhall were unable to reset the light 

Where does it say that?   

[TheBoy]

The only other way round it is to install an airbag ECU that id from a car that doesnt have the side airbags...

How will that help?

[powerslinky]

Knew I had read it somewhere

Ok no problem can vauxhall not reset it with a tech 2. Ive only just bought the car and the only reason the light is on is because they changed the seats but forgot to wait 15 minutes before doing the job.

But also said that Vauxhall were unable to reset the light 

Where does it say that?   

Think someone has read the earlier post wrong  . . . OP is asking  "Can Vauxhall  not reset the airbag light?"   

NOT . . . Vauxhall were unable to reset the airbag light . . .  . Thats how I thought I read it anyway

[05omegav6]

Sentence before the one I highlighted

Looking at Maries previous posts, the seats came from her other/preceeding Omega, but not sure of the spec of that car. This one is an early facelift GLS, and I vaguely remembered summat being said wrt issues wiring them in at the time...

[05omegav6]

The only other way round it is to install an airbag ECU that id from a car that doesnt have the side airbags...

How will that help?

Clearly it won't

It is possible to swap the pretensioners to suit, but only if the seats have side airbags, ie mid to post facelift and vice versa...

Wrote an essay in Omega Help last week about it