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Old 01-07-2005 | 10:11 AM
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dammit

Just hit 100k on my 02 TL
Driving in auto only until i get a chance to go trade in for an 04 or 05
Well lo behold my damn SRS light goes on last night.

WTF
Of course this happens 400 miles out of the warranty period.
sheesh

btw i have had battery issues so maybe that's it I hope?
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:15 AM
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wow 100K in 2 years, your break the record I know of
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:17 AM
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wow 100K in 2 years, your break the record I know of

yeah i know
it hurt but i enjoyed driving every mile.
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:23 AM
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what you got looooong commute ?
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:24 AM
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Battery issues will cause the SRS light to come on. If the SRS system detects "low voltage" and doesn't think it has enough power to discharge the airbags in a collision it will turn the light on. Same thing happened to me and it turned out that I just needed a new battery. Once the battery was replaced I had no more SRS light problems.
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:26 AM
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what you got looooong commute ?
commute is 41 miles each way but i am a busy boy both at and outside of work with tons of meetings in NYC, LI and Hudson Valley area.

didn't feel comfortable keeping the car in the garage and getting a commuter car. I mean, what did hell did I buy it for but to drive??
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:27 AM
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bring it to the dealer, 400 miles past warranty they should be nice and fix it for you , if not call client services and complain
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by nyctl
commute is 41 miles each way but i am a busy boy both at and outside of work with tons of meetings in NYC, LI and Hudson Valley area.

didn't feel comfortable keeping the car in the garage and getting a commuter car. I mean, what did hell did I buy it for but to drive??
wow all that driving in NY metro. You sure beat the heck outtta that Acura.
you know what I mean, the road conditions and traffic.....
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:36 AM
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wow all that driving in NY metro. You sure beat the heck outtta that Acura.
you know what I mean, the road conditions and traffic.....
you think that's bad?
my wife's 96 TL is at 233 K.
she used to have a 2.5 hr commute ONE WAY for 2 years from Westchester to Albany

i wouldn't say that I beat the TL up though.
it's really good to me.
Old 01-07-2005 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by nyctl
didn't feel comfortable keeping the car in the garage and getting a commuter car. I mean, what did hell did I buy it for but to drive??


the tranny wont cause the srs light to come on. more than likely its either a sensor or low voltage that triped it. there was a recall on the front seat belt buckle that would sometimes cause it to trip the srs. with the srs light on NONE of your airbags work. so keep that in mind
Old 01-07-2005 | 11:18 AM
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The SRS light may be from a defective seatbelt connector or switch- since seatbelts are under warranty for the life of the car, go to Acura and have it checked- it will likely not cost you anything to fix. My car had the same problem and it was a seatbelt switch (on the passenger side).
Old 01-07-2005 | 12:48 PM
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just got new battery installed, light still on
so i'll have it checked out this weekend.
thanks.

btw i know that the tranny wouldn't cause srs
my comment about the tranny was merely about
the fact that i'm being cautious now that it isn't
under warranty and of course, something else
goes wrong.
Old 01-07-2005 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AcuraTl203
bring it to the dealer, 400 miles past warranty they should be nice and fix it for you , if not call client services and complain
Old 01-11-2005 | 11:18 AM
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outcome

took it to my mechanic
the codes indicated the passenger side
sensor (forgot which one). apparently
the system said this can be triggered by
most electrostatic inferences (cell phone, laptop computer<--it actually said laptop!)
I'm looking at the screen in shock and said
"you mean to tell me that if i had my laptop
in the passenger seat that it could have triggered
this signal or my cell phone?"
he said yep.
anyway once it was reinitialized the SRS light went off
meaning that the connector was not bad and didn't need
to be replaced. I paid $50 and was outta there.
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