WickedBag

I'm in the process of putting aftermarket seats in my 2000 S4. Searching here tells me to do a 4.7ohm across the two non-brown wires. I can't find a 4.7ohm at the local Radio Shack, but they had 10 ohm ones. I figured I'd just use 2 in parallel and be at 5. But, with the 5% tolerance, I ended up at 5.6ohms.

Does anyone know if 5.6 ohms is going to throw a resistance too high code during the airbag system check? I'm going to pick up a set of 1% tolerance and try again.

rktskicar

Measure the resistors with a DVM. Likely close to 5 ohms, which should be OK.

WickedBag

The 5.6 value came from the DVM

rktskicar

OK, then you can put a 30K in parrallel with what you have, should be close.

Ochlockonee

I set my rheostats at 3.3 ohms for the seat airbags for reference.

NogaroHiro

we used a 1/4 watts - 5 ohm resistor, and it works.

LaserAvantS4

send me your address, i'll mail a couple for you

NogaroHiro

<center><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/nogarohiro/051120seat.jpg"></center><p>Could you get new seats? :-)<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2176731.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2176731.phtml</a</li></ul>

LaserAvantS4

no sir, you and your RS4 are my hero...