Hi, the main seat belt looks the same as the one that I bought from Ebay. The only difference is that original has a port that a connector plug goes straight into to and the one from Ebay has a wire coming out of the seat belt with a plug on the end of it.

I was thinking if I cut the connector plug off the one I bought from Ebay and cut off the connector plug off the wire in the car and joined them together. Do you think that would work? Thanks.

I cut the wires as I suggested on my other post and connected them using a connector block and now one symbol has come up on the dashboard showing an airbag and seat belt combined. I changed the wires around to see if that would change anything and the warning light is still coming on.

Is this normal for the warning light to come on and how do I turn it off?

Thanks.

While I've had no problem with connector blocks on my yesteryear cars, perhaps some modern circuitry might be more fussy re the contact resistances involved.

IF the trouble code/light comes back after clearing, you MIGHT benefit from using a crimped connector, though these require special tools. Lidl currently has a stripper/crimper set for 7.99 which looks OK, though the connectors supplied with it probably arent the best you can get..

Alternatively, I THINK that latterly I improved my use of connector blocks by changing the orientation of the wires, so that they both enter the block in parallel from one side. The first screw tightens down on the wire insulation, securing the wires in place, while the second screw tightens down on the two bare ends, which are twisted together.

This makes for a more awkward wire run than a linear wire-in-each-end arrangement but may be OK if you have enogh space and slack

For real belt-and-braces you could also solder these wires, but I havnt done that very often, since my soldering is lousy.

I usually goop up the connector with something to resist corrosion, but this seems to be controversial.

Edited by edlithgow on 17/09/2024 at 08:30