So a few years ago the Air Bag light came on in the 96 so I picked up a new to me air bag control module from this shady guy that lives out in the country. Says he has a yellow Miata with fat fenders but I'll just say he was shady. That was a long time ago and given that the car has to move faster than you can push it for an air bag to be effective it was not high on my to do list for the car. Now that the car has had a full drivetrain transplant and a certain someone asked why the light was on to which I stupidly answered it was at the top of my to do list. So last weekend I installed the new/used part which in a 95-97 requires removal of the dashboard only to find it was also no good. Did I mention I shipped it out to have it tested and per the company it tested OK? So now I'm back to square one.
A bit more research shows that these things seem to fail due to leaking capacitors. So any used unit you get could suffer the same fate. I then called a few companies that say they repair these things but all say nothing that old and good luck. Given the effort it takes to install this damn thing I don't really want to keep doing trial and error until I find one that works.
So my question is does anyone know a company that rebuilds these? My other options are expensive (buy a new one $500) or unpleasant (nothing and be subjected to passive aggressive behavior). Oh and don't think I haven't thought of just using black tape to cover the light. My head stone would read "Hear lies Stupid, he survived the car accident only to be killed by blunt force trauma to the head." I'm open to other suggestions that don't involve selling the car.
