Customer States Junkyard Airbag Sensors 

I like your style

The only way real men drive

I do the same shit lol ...

Put a switch in the cab that you can control... at least when you are not feeling homicidal you can switch the sensors on and still have air bag protection?

@@JohnSmith-yv6eq airbag systems are so sensitive that the minuscule voltage from a meter can be enough to set the bags off. i feel like adding a switch will fuck up the impedance of the system

I loosen the drain plug so I can tell if it has any by the puddle. I heard it's also great for the environment. BP. Big Puddles

@Ross Lefave oil came from the earth so giving it back to the earth when you can is a really good feeling

Nothing in the whole front end will ever rust! Plus since I'm always adding oil I never need to change it, just replace the filter!

Well she sounds wet😂

​@@thelazarousloooooooooool thats how i feel about power steering fluid

Ive been rolling with deployed airbags for 4! 😢

not unless you replace everything. sensors, bags, module, etc. Then maybe you can reset it if your code reader reads SRS codes

@@momurderah you don’t need to change the module. Either the dealer or if you smart enought to get a cracked dealer program or with a obdII capable of reading the module you can erase or reset the module after replacing the triggered sensors and airbag. I have actually (I do not recommend) replaced airbags only without changing the triggered sensors and reseting the module of a toyota using Techstream (their dealer software). And the code doesn’t come back. Some sensors still work fine after impact but once it triggers the module, you have to have the correct software to reset it.

@@TrojanLube69 If you live in a dictatorship state just wire some resistors in... But otherwise why would you want to?!? Have you ever had an airbag go off on you before?!? That shit hurts, and is probably going to crack ribs and break your nose...

@@buddsmokengood420 yeah, they are wild. Unfortunately some libs like making shity laws that herds like to follow. It’s illegal here and it gets inspected.

So you have no idea how the system works it’s ok just say so. The only way to get boom is a short in air bag system from direct voltage. Sensor will not cause bag to blow unless issue in SDM.

@@societasdraconistarum its a joke dummy

​@@societasdraconistarum so can smash like hulk and no go boom u say? Will u video

@@rosslefave5877 if I was built like hulk would be glad too, but I don’t think my 6’1” 250 pound frame is going to do it. It’s all about g-force and yaw position running through SDM. If you want to see air bag go boom hook a 9volt battery to it. I personally set off several when Oldsmobile had there recall. Laid bag side down you can send one 50’ or better in the air like a rocket, but a pretensioner buckle is really dangerous.

@@societasdraconistarum you just ran into that joke head on at 150 mph.

alternatively you can cycle the key a couple times to discharge anything.

@@sucio-or take both battery leads off and touch them together

I also want to add that you should never use a DMM when testing the airbag circuit. The voltage sent through the DMM can be enough to set off the airbags if you're not careful.

on a lot of hondas pulling the clock fuse will take care of that for you

​@@MrMaggom same thing I was going to say

Install one off wrecked truck turns key on airbag goes off

​@@masjuggalo Has to pass a self test first and see a 10k resistance across the sensor for 5 seconds

Problem being, if it doesn't work, you're probably dead or badly injured from a non-deploying airbag. Quite a high price to pay for saving a few bucks.

@macsmith2013 They are a very simple mechanism with built in self test capacities. If you install it properly and it self tests, it will work

@@kg4boj I normally don't mess with airbag stuff in my day to day so I'm used to having to go through a drive cycle

Ontop of that they are designed to fail safe...

I think the warning is in case some green boy accidentally causes his airbags to inflate while trying to change them

In that old Silverado your dying anyway 😂 ever seen the crash test footage from those trucks? The dummy goes between the airbag and window

Fun fact: if it's truly a problem, the codes always come back

@@silentlyspoken1727 you figure that out on your own?

@@nessie42786 You figure out that guys statement supersedes your stupid advice?

Yea not this one. It usually has to be programmed

Yea ain’t nobody paying for that 😂

I didn’t even think of that but that’s very likely true!

Explain your logic.

Who cares it's a gmt800

If it turns off the light and your swapping actual parts then I don’t see a harm. He’s doing exactly what a mechanic would do in 10 minutes and charge a few hundred for. If he cut and spliced in a resistor I’d say it’s stupid but guy fixed it about as good as you can get. Only issue being used part so it may outlast any other part in the engine or fail in a week. If it fails it’ll still let the driver know the safety system has issues.

Well I’m either gonna grab one the next time I go to the junkyard or keep driving around with the light on so….

Why it's very easily to verify they work any part is easy to be able to understand if they work; auto salvage yards are gold mines in my experiences I've found full on turbos almost new cold air intakes v-tec engines and many performance parts

Yup!

@@MattsShop the crazy thing is they kept running.

An old Chevy truck will run badly longer than most trucks run at all.

@@Reparo96 yea the old ones. Not today

Yeah, new ones use an electronic g sensor that works based off how much the resistance changes when a tiny "wire" is bent from acceleration.

Some fuel pump switches are like that too, inertia switch. Old 5.0 Mustangs have those but they can be reset with a button on the housing.

You'll just get another failed message and be back at it again shortly.

You can't predict someone hitting you

@@hunterwiggins6565 drive faster, then they can't catch you🤷‍♂️😄 (jk. Seriously, everyone should be required to ride a motorcycle first. Your situational awareness improves drastically. I get you can't predict everything but most accidents can be avoided.

Sometimes just leave tiny parts like this in the toolbox and when they ask me to open the box they dont say anything about it so, neat?

If I don't pay the junkyard, there will be no junkyard next time I need parts.

What do you mean there will be no junkyard these people make so much money with how high the metal prices are right now. Especially with how they love charging you $20 for a little piece of plastic they were going to melt anyways.

@TheTacticalcheez I know what you mean. The junkyard I go to has reasonable prices. If gone to one's before that charge you $15 for a piece of plastic that just breaks anyway lol.

@@thesambehindtheslaughter8843 ive stuffed 2 new coilovers(2 trips) in my pants and walked out while I had a HUGE jacket on

Yea Most Newer Cars Use The SRS Module As The "Black Box" Once Deployed They Save That Data And Lock Out Incase The Information Is Needed In A Case. Older Cars Are Hit Or Miss With Reusability. But All Service Info Will Claim Any Deployment Of Even Impact Can Compromise Internal Sensors That Make It Unfit For Reuse etc.

Proof of concept.

But definitely don’t do it 🤭

@@cloudjets1 It's called CYA.

The problem is if the junkyard sensor is faulty enough that it triggers the airbag. Could seriously injure you. That’s why he’s covering himself by saying not to do it.

Airbag codes set every key cycle.

Just pick and pocket it.

Cheap! I like it!

Doesn’t matter either works or don’t built in feature.

@@societasdraconistarum there's a chance it might actually deploy your airbags.

One in 1 million for a Korean car, no chance in hell for GM

​@Crazy-Chicken-Media SRS require multiple conditions to deploy. One sensor won't do it.

@@ncooty you do you.

SRS codes don't typically clear with battery.

@@OscarOliu I didn't know that. Thank you!!

SRS codes reset every key cycle.

Moral is that this thing wouldn't have any code when he picked it up would it?

It was reset because I fixed it.

Thx

Thx

Itd either be nothing or everything lol

Airbag will come back immediately

Yeah I was gonna say, you disconnected the battery.. there ain't gonna be any codes until after a few days of driving, much less if you replaced the part and then scanned the computer without even running the car for a bit so the computer can read the replacement part

Air bag codes are immediate no driving needed. As soon as sdm senses a bad part light sets.

Exactly ...smh and people will believe this kinda shit 😂😂😂😂....

Its all fun and games until that airbag deploys for going over a speedbump by sending a faulty code...

I always assume insurance will find a way to weasel out.

Never had one hit me!

Exactly. Replace the part, drive around for a few days, and then scan the computer to make sure it's gone

Air bag code is immediate no driving required.

Good thing he specified in the video it was off an uncrashed vehicle 🙄

@@SupremeShuckle I’m just reiterating, you’d be surprised what people will try and get away with. Also some people don’t listen very well.

As a certified airbag capable tech, the video is fine but I would personally never recommend anyone work on their SRS system, I would rather do the work myself on their vehicle for free than watch them install it wrong and hurt themselves

@@SupremeShuckle “uncrashed” it’s a junkyard vehicle. You have one idea what’s happened to the car

Came to say this. Former GM tech here. Had an early 2000’s pickup come in with airbag codes. Someone tried swapping them out of a cargo van, but no go. Two correct part number sensors and hood to go, with how sensitive SRS system is, don’t cut corners.

The hack is its $2 lol

That happened to you??? I'd be pissed!

@@MattsShop yep, thankfully it was going to a demolition derby in a couple months after that so it didn't bother me.

Exactly why I said never do this. No one should ever try this at home.

@@MattsShop another big issue is that a lot of places don't sell used airbags and they want you to go through the dealership because stupid kids decided to launch people into the air so if that happens then your car has no airbags at all

Hahahaha sorry man it was funny i bet you were cussing and shit lol