Commodore pretensioner alarm on dash, anyone familiar with this repair?

Question

My alarm is sounding for the airbag or seatbelt pretensioner fault. My mechanic says it is usually a seatbelt pretensioner but it will cost $55 to put the scanner on it to check which one it is. That's fine however apparently after the seatbelt pretensioner is replaced then apparently the module has to be reset which it usually refuses to do and a new module is needed. This can be up to $600 I was told! Does anyone have experience with this repair? Anyone had it done or anyone do them? Is this module story common? Thanks, JO

Answer 1

You might try the Holden Dealer with there Tech 2 scanner. Often times aftermarket scan tools only read air bag and transmission codes. MY Manaro aka Pontiac GTO reprogramming requires several fuses to be removed. But in your case if it really needs a air bag control unit you might go with a used one out of a non wrecked car. Risky business air bag control with the internal fuse blown (means it deployed the bags) looks just like a good one.