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Hi all. I have a 2006 Kun26 hilux and Have just failed my wof due to the airbag light staying on. I replaced my seatbelt at the last warrant and the light came on a couple days later (so has been on for a year.). I’ve checked the sensor plug on the seatbelt. My mechanic scanned it and it comes up with a center airbag sensor assembly code but he says it could be a number of things. Has anyone had the same issue?
Any help would be much appreciated.
clock spring is quite common, has he tried clearing it?
DTC B1801 is the spiral cable fault. Very common
Took it to another mechanic who scanned it and has come back as the seatbelt sensor is faulting. Which makes sense as it happened shortly after a seatbelt replacement. Unfortunately the genuine Toyota seatbelt that cost me $360 only has a 6month warranty�� . Currently waiting on a new seatbelt so hopefully I get some joy.
Quote the Consumer Guarantees Act to their face: Goods have to be 'reasonably durable. A seatbelt plus ancillaries should last longer than 6 months. FFS my 30 year old Nissan still has the original ones installed.
Probably find its been under water and loom or ecu fault
I could be wrong but the seatbelt sensor I'd of thought is connected to the seatbelt buckle(?) rather than the seatbelt itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taranaki bushman
I drowned mine in February and literally stripped the interior out including seats, belts and sensors and the main srs computer to dry it out and all it required was an auto sparkie to clear a couple of faults to reset the airbag light.. Probably a certain amount of luck thats all it needed to be fair..
As mentioned the clock spring/spiral cable is a very common cause for common cause too.
Unless its got a pre tensioner belt in it.
You mean you didn't follow the LTNZ advice and have the vehicle professionally assessed by an insurance assessor (and written off)? Ye gads man, repair a 4x4 that got wet? Surely not!Quote:
Originally Posted by mark_k
No, I had silly me, I had it assessed by actual practicing mechanics and auto sparky..Quote:
Originally Posted by No.3
Only lasting damage was my pride...
Toyota genuine parts carry a 2yr/unlimited ks warranty if fitted by a Toyota workshop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taranaki bushman
You said the belt had just been replaced?
For it to of failed in such a short time frame I highly suspect whoever it was that fitted it didn't follow procedures or didn't carry out the work properly.
They just don't fail like that.
Yes it will be a pretensioner typeQuote:
Originally Posted by blip
Ok that will be the issue then. I didn’t think it was an overly complicated job so I swapped it out myself, followed a YouTube video along. Couldn’t justify taking it to Toyota I called them up to see if they would scan the problem and the lovely girl said it would be between 240 and 340$ just to scan it.
Holy shit we are to cheap
Is it like 240 if they have a solid week of bookings and 340 if they have some empty slots and don't want to be short of revenue for the week?
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Work (dealership) charge $100 flat rate diag fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taranaki bushman
That 240-340 is a ripoff!!
I did have a bit of luck with cheap OBD readers and using free apps on the phone to get error codes.
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we charge $65
Just buy a Amazon OBD2 kit, comes with Techstream, tells you everything the Toyota fellas can see and a whole lot more that they don’t understand anyway!
I use mine every service to check any codes, how the injectors are going, etc. Very effective. My Scangauge II gives me codes as well as monitoring key performance criteria.
will it clear codes as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyblown
It does everything. Pilot relearning, the works.
It’s the Toyota system.
Do you have a link to the obd2 kit please flyblown
no sorry I don’t because I bought mine in 2014. But I can pretty much guarantee that if you do some creative googling you will find itQuote:
Originally Posted by Taranaki bushman
Yeah second that, my $190 Bluetooth dongle and $10 cellphone app literally pulls and records more data off the ranger than ford's setup. If you can program it to find the stream you want haha! Scary powerful, can brick the vehicle if you aren't careful but has saved me several hundred or more likely several thousand in diagnostic and tech assessment. I take in the readouts and get the exact parts swapped now.