1999 Porsche 911 Warning light for the airbags is on

Tiny
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  • 1999 PORSCHE 911
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I just bought a 996 and the air bag light came on. The dealer said that there is a upgrade seat belt buckle and that is the cause. What how hard is it to replace the buckle. The dealer wants almost $500.00 to replace the buckles. Why? And is it necessary to rewire something?
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 AT 6:31 PM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

Anything to do with airbags should be refereed to the dealer, this can be a dangerous job, one mistake could cause the deployment of the bag, and this will be expensive, there may be a re set procedure that will need to be done, don't mess with air bags, get the dealer to do it.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 AT 6:56 PM

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