Airbag warning light
03-30-2006, 09:40 AM
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Airbag warning light
my airbag warning light turned on yesterday during regular driving. Now it comes on at every startup and sometimes again during driving.
What can I do to troubleshoot?
Thanks,
What can I do to troubleshoot?
Thanks,
03-30-2006, 11:41 AM
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Hi Sab,
Beg borrow or steal a diagnostic tester. Find what the fault code is and investigate.
Bear in mind though - sometimes eronious fault codes can be stored. It's a good idea to do a battery disconnect and drive the car a little before running a diagnostic.
Although an airbag fault code on your MY car can't be cleared with a Spanner, it will display the fault codes. You need a Hammer to clear the code.
I had a GTS here a couple of weeks ago with an airbag code and fault light on. We cleared the code with a Hammer and it hasn't reappeared after many miles, so that one was a spurious code.
Beg borrow or steal a diagnostic tester. Find what the fault code is and investigate.
Bear in mind though - sometimes eronious fault codes can be stored. It's a good idea to do a battery disconnect and drive the car a little before running a diagnostic.
Although an airbag fault code on your MY car can't be cleared with a Spanner, it will display the fault codes. You need a Hammer to clear the code.
I had a GTS here a couple of weeks ago with an airbag code and fault light on. We cleared the code with a Hammer and it hasn't reappeared after many miles, so that one was a spurious code.
03-30-2006, 12:53 PM
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Sab, like John said, you need to read out the diagnostic codes to see what to do next.
If, like a few other cases I've seen over the last few years, it turns out to be a "lead resistance high" fault on one of the front crash sensors, you might want to read the following threads (listed from oldest to newest):
If, like a few other cases I've seen over the last few years, it turns out to be a "lead resistance high" fault on one of the front crash sensors, you might want to read the following threads (listed from oldest to newest):
- Fixing a nuisance air bag system fault 3129/3229
- Air bag fault warning
- Air bag sensor removed - any way to test it?
- Pass. Airbag sensor removed-can I test it?
- '91 GT Pass. Airbag sensor UPDATE
03-30-2006, 03:58 PM
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Don't know if they are the same, but the same thing happened on my 91 944 and it was fixed by cleaning the contacts on the crash sensor. Didn't do the work myself so I don't have any other details.
