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I actualy noticed this quite a while ago but i ended up forgeting about it ... I brought my car from mondo motors a little over year ago, it was all complianced etc etc .. Anyways i noticed that the Airbag warning light had been cut from the back of the dash, so i hooked it back up and suprise suprise it just flashes.. Now if im not mistaken isnt it a part compliance that the airbags are functional ?? and isnt it illegal and moraly wrong to cut the warning light ?? i mean its not just a simple mistake, they must have known cos they would have seen that it was cut when they installed that farkin cheesy dash light dimmer..

I havent checked yet but im goin to check to see if the airbags are still intact ...

Damn this gets me so wild ...

I have serious anger control problems, if i find out that the bags have been popped and just put back together to make it look like there still there i'll drive straight there with 2ltrs of industrial strenght paint stripper and give there car jard a splashin ..

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KamikazeR33 Grand Master

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if u bought it with it as advertised as having an airbag when it doesnt then isnt that illegal or something?

they will prob have to put a new one in there maybe

go back to them and tell them that u will take them to court

i wonder how quickly they would start to grovel at ur feet

my 2c

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fortunantly, i bought my car from there alittle over a year ago and have had no problems whats so ever

had the car checked out by a mechanic friend and the only dodgy thing he could find is that the clock was wound back a tad (but tell me ANY yard doesnt do that, u expect that shit from importers)

also, give me ONE importer that ISNT dodgy, im sure u can find a story from each and every one of em

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Well i took the steering wheel airbag out and had good look at it, its good cos i can see a a bit of the folded airbag where it should be, all the plugs and wires look good, but i carnt work out how to take the passenger one out, on the back of it its got 2 main bolts on each side but the head of the bolt is on top and the nut is on the bottom with tack welds on it ... Does anyone know if you can tell if the airbag has been set off just by looking at the bottom of the airbag unit, like would those 2 silver canisters look new still ?? just wana make sure that it hasnt been popped and the top cover stuck back on ... the only other thing it could be is the computer under the middle console...

I think i will be havin a chat with them in the morning, or takin that cruze up there .. hehe

hippie - check to c if the airbag computer is still plugged in and definatly take the instrument cluster out and make sure that there is a globe or led pluged into the airbag warning light, if tere is make sure its working ..

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So where excatly is the Airbag computer located??

Is it between the handbrake and the gearstick, between the gearstick and the stereo etc????

And are the gas canisters in the airbag or near it???

Anyone know what it looks like and what sort of plugs go into it???

J

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Originally posted by Jay95R33

So where excatly is the Airbag computer located??

Is it between the handbrake and the gearstick, between the gearstick and the stereo  etc????

And are the gas canisters in the airbag or near it???

Anyone know what it looks like and what sort of plugs go into it???

J

saw that 2 while changing the handbrake boot hey? :)

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saw that 2 while changing the handbrake boot hey? ;)

Actually I don't think I've seen it :)

But the airbag light goes on when I start the car, and then goes off a little while later, but I can't recall actually seeing the airbag computer !!!!

It only has a single airbag on the steering wheel if that helps any.

Soooo, where is it????

J

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Originally posted by Jay95R33

Actually I don't think I've seen it :)  

But the airbag light goes on when I start the car, and then goes off a little while later, but I can't recall actually seeing the airbag computer !!!!

It only has a single airbag on the steering wheel if that helps any.

Soooo, where is it????

J

Theres a white box air bag sensor between the gearstick and handbrake. Mines twin airbag tho

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Anyone got any stories about a place in Manly Vale called "North Shore Prestige" (www.northshoreprestige.com.au)?

Cheers,

Tim

Originally posted by whistla

fortunantly, i bought my car from there alittle over a year ago and have had no problems whats so ever

had the car checked out by a mechanic friend and the only dodgy thing he could find is that the clock was wound back a tad (but tell me ANY yard doesnt do that, u expect that shit from importers)

also, give me ONE importer that ISNT dodgy, im sure u can find a story from each and every one of em

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Would you happen to know how to run the airbag diagnostics ?

inasnt im interested in what you have heard about them

heard and experienced!

they r arrogant pricks, i was real close to buyin 1 of their cars, but the pricks wouldnt let me even test drive it, they wanted to drive it for me, with me in the passenger seat. And they never had a straight answer for questions i had. I went there 3 times and the first 2 times they didnt even help me or open the cars to let me look inside!

When i bought my car and my gfriend was lookin for a new car i made sure i parked right infront of their car lot in my new r33 and stared at em and laughed, and they knew it was me coz i used the same personalised plates from my other car i went there with!

And their prices r a joke, they had a 97 r33 for 37grand!

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Yeah, I live not far away from Mondo, and as I am still looking for a Skyline have visited their car yard a few times.

I always get the feeling that customers are not really welcome.

Oh they want my money all right, but they cannot be bothered otherwise. They do not seem to be moving as many cars through their yard these days as they used to. I wonder why ?

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