1998 Capella Air bag light flashing

fastlemons · 13-05-2011, 11:21 AM

Hello,
so last weekend i had to take out my drivers seat in order to run a new wire to my reversing lights, so in the process i had to disconnect the drivers side seat airbag, following this i have a fault code flashing, 2 long and 6 short, which from research could mean clock spring.

However i think it may just be that the car was on with the seat out and it needs to be reset, how would i go about resetting the codes, i have tried disconnecting the battery but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

rodhog · 14-05-2011, 12:19 AM

did you hold the break pedal down when you disconnected the battery.

if it's clock spring it usually means the earth is lost could just be some grease or dirt in between.

the only other way I know to reset certain safety aspects is that mazda have seperate plug for each unit you jump two pins and it resets.but can't remember anything for that model.

fastlemons · 14-05-2011, 10:51 AM

Fixed the problem, turns while working on the last weekend a wire snapped, reconnected the wire and all is well, thanks for the help.

13-05-2011, 11:21 AM	#1
fastlemons Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Car: 1997 Mazda Capella AWD FS-ZE Manual. Posts: 11	1998 Capella Air bag light flashing Hello, so last weekend i had to take out my drivers seat in order to run a new wire to my reversing lights, so in the process i had to disconnect the drivers side seat airbag, following this i have a fault code flashing, 2 long and 6 short, which from research could mean clock spring. However i think it may just be that the car was on with the seat out and it needs to be reset, how would i go about resetting the codes, i have tried disconnecting the battery but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

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14-05-2011, 12:19 AM	#2
rodhog Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney Lakemba Car: mx-6 626 Gs300 Maz2 was 95 KF BA-HT Posts: 2,024 View Photos By: rodhog	did you hold the break pedal down when you disconnected the battery. if it's clock spring it usually means the earth is lost could just be some grease or dirt in between. the only other way I know to reset certain safety aspects is that mazda have seperate plug for each unit you jump two pins and it resets.but can't remember anything for that model.

14-05-2011, 10:51 AM	#3
fastlemons Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Car: 1997 Mazda Capella AWD FS-ZE Manual. Posts: 11	Fixed the problem, turns while working on the last weekend a wire snapped, reconnected the wire and all is well, thanks for the help.