the airbag light will go on if i totally remove the passenger seat, right?

[ben senise]

i've got a rattle somewhere on the passenger side of my 2020 edge st and it is driving me nuts. i have been searching for it for a year. i've tried stuffing cloths in places, i've zip tied things, i've removed things and it's still there. i cannot diagnose the problem when driving. i need to remove the seat completely and take it out of the car to find out if it's on the seat or somewhere else.

i think it may be in the fan unit for the heated/cooled seats.

i will need to disconnect the large connector under the seat and i assume that it has airbag related electronics. will the airbag light go on if i disconnect it and drive the car? (which i have to to find the rattle.) will it stay lit after i put the seat back? does forscan allow you to turn it off?

my edge is 5 years old and has under 40,000 km on it and it is a f@$%ing rattle trap. just as i hunt one rattle down and cure it, another one appears. i love this car but the rattles are driving me batty. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[1004ron]

Mine wasn't a constant rattle - it was corrected using the method described in the below thread.

 

[omar302]

8 hours ago, ben senise said:

will the airbag light go on if i disconnect it and drive the car? (which i have to to find the rattle.) will it stay lit after i put the seat back? does forscan allow you to turn it off?

 

If you disconnect the battery before removing the seat and reconnect it after returning the seat, then the Airbag light will not come on. 

 

If you have ForScan, you will be able to reset the codes even if if the light comes on. 

[ben senise]

16 hours ago, 1004ron said:

Mine wasn't a constant rattle - it was corrected using the method described in the below thread.

 

 

this doesn't sound like the same problem. the seat is not shifting at all. there's just a plasticky clicking sound and it goes with bumps in the road. it happens whether the seat is occupied or not.

 

8 hours ago, omar302 said:

 

If you disconnect the battery before removing the seat and reconnect it after returning the seat, then the Airbag light will not come on. 

 

If you have ForScan, you will be able to reset the codes even if if the light comes on. 

 

problem is that i need to drive the car in order to see if the clicking/rattle goes away when i remove the seat.

 

yes, i have forscan so i guess it's okay and i can turn off the airbag light.