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black box under seat
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:09 am
by skipb
I have a 2004 Vibe and found a black box under the driver's seat. It is connected with electrical wires. What is the purpose of this ?
Re: black box under seat (skipb)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:21 am
by GMJAP
Quote, originally posted by skipb »I have a 2004 Vibe and found a black box under the driver's seat. It is connected with electrical wires. What is the purpose of this ?It's the inverter that converts +12v DC to +115v AC for the center dash 2-prong "outlet".
Re: black box under seat (skipb)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:45 am
by jake75
Don't believe him - its a bug put there by your spouse (or maybe George Bush) to spy on you.
Re: black box under seat (jake75)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:28 am
by scherry2
Quote, originally posted by jake75 »Don't believe him - its a bug put there by your spouse (or maybe George Bush) to spy on you.LOL good one.
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:29 am
by zionzr2
supposedly these vehicles do have a "black box" and it is reportably in the dash sompleace.The ones under the seats perform different tasks
Re: (zionzr2)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:17 am
by Mavrik
Amp or sensors for the airbags is my guess. By sensors I mean those that detect someone is sitting in the seat so the airbag will deploy.the "black box" you guys are talking about is the data recorder... indicating speed of vehicle, RPM. time vehicle had been running and so forth if something goes wrong.
Re: (Mavrik)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:23 pm
by mcgusto82
under the driver's seat. that's the power inverter. dc to ac.
Re: (zionzr2)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 6:45 pm
by ColonelPanic
Quote, originally posted by zionzr2 »supposedly these vehicles do have a "black box" and it is reportably in the dash sompleace.All of the data recording done, whatever is recorded, is in the air bag system's sensing and diagnostic module which is mounted to the floor right in front of the storage compartment under the shifter.
Re: Black Box (ColonelPanic)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:05 pm
by Baltovibe
Found an interesting thread about black boxes at
http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=13790
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:06 pm
by binary
At least our Escape had a notice on the front page of the manual that explained that it had a EDR (electronic data recorder).I haven't been able to find any mention of that in the Vibe manual ('05). Hrmf.