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R50/53 Seat bottom cushions - can they be rotated?

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Old 09-28-2013, 08:03 PM
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Seat bottom cushions - can they be rotated?

After 127K miles, my driver's seat bottom cushion is sagging. Is it possible to switch the driver's with the passengers? TIA.
 
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Should be doable on a pre-jan 2005 production car...no seat weight sensor.
 
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Mine was born in March 2004.
 
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all cars have a weight sensor, i have a 02 and it will yell at me if i have some one in the pas seat with no belt. its what also triggers the side airbags.
 
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I'm referring to the mat built into post Jan2005+ cars that are equipped with the dual stage airbags....the mat is supposed to "weigh" the pax to determine if it is a child in the pax seat...not just an occupancy sensor....
The mat is ONLY in these later gen1 cars, and ONLY installed on the passenger seat...
 
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Eventually seat pad sensors wear out. E46 bmw......,fixed $300 sensor with $2 resistor.

One resistor turns it off all the time.....the other turns it on all the time. The resistor simulates weight. Only on passenger side.

E46 simulates child.
 
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