I was wondering where the air bag sensor was located? The reason why I am asking is because when I was installing a set of tow hooks and took the front bumper off, I noticed that there was a wire hanging free with a clip on the end. I do not have a pic, but it was a braided wire with a decent sized female clip and there was nothing inside the bumper for it to clip too. The wire was fed through the oval openings on the front end directly behind the front bumper. My steering wheel has "SRS Airbag" on it and the same label is also above my glove box . Years back when it was was new, there is a receipt from a dealer saying that they replaced the airbag control module under a factory recall.
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1998 XJ air bag sensor location
- Thread starter 109ace
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jneary
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- Location
- springfield, virginia
the crash sensor is built into the module
98NWCherokee
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- Location
- Portland, OR
Do you have the overhead console? It could be the wiring for the temp sensor display or the connection for factory fog lights if your XJ came so equipped. My 98 has both the fog lights and the overhead console and has similar wiring to what you're describing in that location.....although everything is connected.
jneary
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- Location
- springfield, virginia
if the recall was done it is under the console between the front seats
lilredwagn
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- Location
- South Carolina
Airbag wires are always yellow
I was told the recall was due to corrosion issues from originally being on the floor under the drivers seat. On my 97, you can even see the hole in the carpet and the mounting bracket where it had been mounted From the factory.
dagr8tim
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- Location
- Columbus, Oh
Does anyone have any pics of where under the console it was mounted?
My 97 has the open recall, and after swapping the interior in it, I didn't see anywhere in the console that the module would fit.
My 97 has the open recall, and after swapping the interior in it, I didn't see anywhere in the console that the module would fit.
heyhar
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- Location
- PA (near Poconos)
The airbag module is at the rear of the center console, bolted to the floor, between the back wall of the console insert and the back wall of the console. I believe the insert should come out, and you can see it behind and below where the insert was removed from. The wires you're referring to may in fact be for factory fogs, as I believe there was only one wiring harness used, and the wires for options not installed are just nearby, unused. There may also be the temp sensor wire in the front, although on my older models ('92 and '96), the plug for this wire was in the vicinity of the battery, and the sensor itself has a long lead from where it mounts up to near the battery and main power block.
dagr8tim
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Columbus, Oh
Here's a blury pics of my interior without the console, seats, or the vent tube. The vent runs above that bracket behind the e brake and the bin screws to the two tabs that stick up. So the module goes below the bracket?
heyhar
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- Location
- PA (near Poconos)
That's where I've seen them. I'm putting my '92 back together, and I've been frequenting boneyards looking to put in a later console. What I've found is that most of them are broken, having been pulled up from the rear. I did see a couple with the modules in place, and figured that's what someone was after. Is your carpet marked or depressed where one might have been? Are there wires under the carpet near this area? To the best of my knowledge, that is where it should be, unless different years had them in different places.
danny Benavidez
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- Location
- Texas
with or without the overhead console you may have the plug for the temp sensor anyway. On mY 2001 xj has the plug but no temp sensor was in there
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=995125&highlight=overhead+console+temp
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=995125&highlight=overhead+console+temp
jneary
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- springfield, virginia
the module bolts under the rear bracket for the console, it should come with a new bracket to mount it to the floor under the plastic console bracket
dagr8tim
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- Location
- Columbus, Oh
I'll be pulling the center console from my 98 soon, and I can take some pics of what it looks like.
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