2003 Dakota RS air-bag light prob.

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Topic: 2003 Dakota RS air-bag light prob.

Posted By: slammedniss
Subject: 2003 Dakota RS air-bag light prob.
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 7:33 PM

Did a RS on a 03 Dakota today. When remote start it, the airbag light stays illuminated until I insert the key and turn to ignition. Turn the key off, the light comes back on. I checked all my wiring (DirectWire) and everything is correct. Should I worry about it?

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Posted By: Teamrf
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 8:28 PM

Yes..there is a problem. Did you power all of the ignitions, and acc. up? If you don't power all of them the airbag light will come on. That is probably where your problem lies.

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Posted By: italnpimp59
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 8:33 PM

i havent done an 03 dakota in particular but i did an 04 Ram yesterday and it had 3 ignitions AND 3 accessorys! the newer dodge/chrysler vehicles are known for that so i would say you might have left an accessory or igniton wire not powered up..and remember use diodes to isolate them!

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Posted By: slammedniss
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 9:29 PM

Teamrf wrote:

Yes..there is a problem. Did you power all of the ignitions, and acc. up? If you don't power all of them the airbag light will come on. That is probably where your problem lies.

Yes, I powered both accessory and all 3 ignition wires. I double checked to make sure they were all getting power during remote start, and they are.

My biggest question is will it cause a problem? As soon as you turn the key, it goes out. I'm assuming the wire that controls the airbag module isn't getting power from one of the listed accessory or ignition wires on DirectWire.

12volts      pink/black & RED / lt. blue       +       ignition harness
Starter      yellow       +       ignition harness
Second Starter      N/A
Ignition      blue       +       ignition harness
Second Ignition      GREEN/ red (18 awg)       +       ignition harness
Third Ignition      RED / white       +       ignition harness
Accessory      BLACK/ orange       +       ignition harness
Second Accessory      green       +       ignition harness

Posted By: auex
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 9:35 PM

It could be that the ign/acc wires are not being poweRED / unpowered the correct order. Make sure that the ign are hooked to the ign and acc are hooked to the acc outputs from the alarm.

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Posted By: extreme1
Date Posted: January 15, 2005 at 9:46 PM

the dakota has 2 ign and two acc

ign1 blue
ign2 dk.GREEN/ red
acc1 green
acc2 BLACK/ orange

the fullsize only has 2 ign and 2 acc

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Posted By: slammedniss
Date Posted: January 16, 2005 at 12:07 AM

extreme1 wrote:

the dakota has 2 ign and two acc

ign1 blue
ign2 dk.GREEN/ red
acc1 green
acc2 BLACK/ orange

the fullsize only has 2 ign and 2 acc

Every diagram I've seen has 3 ign. and 2 accessory. The 02 Dakota has 2 ign. and 2 accessory as you describe.

Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: January 16, 2005 at 1:18 AM

This one has 2 IGN. and 2 ACC. light em all up..............K problem solved...............

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