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For the last 18 months or so I've been chasing an annoying stutter at 3k upon throttle application and a flat spot at 6k with no luck. Replaced a ton of stuff, logged the car extensively with no luck. Around that time my airbag light came on, I assumed it was the common occupancy mat failure and left it alone since I wasn't included in the recall and figured I'd take care of it later.

...all these issues are now gone. Fixed the airbag code which actually pointed me towards the BST (battery safety terminal) and in correcting the poor connection my hesitation at 3k throttle tip in and tq loss at 6k are both gone. I assume that it was either a voltage issue at the sensors or at the fuel pump causing it.

I didn't replace the cable, just opened it up and snugged everything and reconnected. I had lived with the airbag light because I assumed it was related to the passenger occupancy mat which is a common failure point as mentioned above but since I had to get the car smogged here in cali I had to correct the light. Wish I would have looked at this sooner! The car is fun again and I no longer have to drive around the issues, only going wot after 3k and short shifting before 6k was not as much fun as 8.2k and a healthy tq curve.