Air Bag Light.

[theninjaturtle]

Hi All,  help needed on a problem with my air bag light staying on.  The car is a 53 plate 20 ltr diesal 97000 miles runs great but since buying it have had some problems with dash board lights coming on.  Is this a common thing with berlingos i do not think its a problem with the air bag just the actual light i Know someone with a piccasso same problems lights coming and going off all the time.  Any help really appreciated as car is due an mot in 3 wks time also is this a problem on the mot test.   A brill forum by the way well done to all who run it cheers.

[Johndouglas]

Have a look at the inline plugs and sockets under the seats.   Sometimes the connection breaks down.

[paul.h]

The air bag light staying on will give a fault code that needs  a lexia or a code reader that does air bag faults so it can be read and reset. So if not fixed by checking the plugs under the seats, and maybe the switch to turn off the passenger air bag, then the fault code will need reading to find what is wrong.

 

Note that whilst there is a fault the air bags are likely to not work in the event of an accident, so be careful driving and beware it could affect an insurance claim. To see if the fault light has an effect on the MOT you can look in the MOT test guide which is available free on line http://www.transportoffice.gov.uk/crt/doitonline/bl/mottestingmanualsandguides/mottestingmanualsandguides.htm

but section 5.4 SRS - supplementary restraint systems, indicates an air bag fault shown by the light will result in a fail.

[coastline taxis]

make sure your battery is disconected before you start pulling and checking the wiring or you might get a bit more than you expect if they go off

[theninjaturtle]

Thanks all for the great answers as it happens you were all spot on.  was just pulling into wickes to pick up some materials as i use car as a van as well and remembered what was said just had a quick look under fdront seat and sure enough cables were hanging down so i only touched them and light has now gone off so will prob just spray with wd 40 and hopefully job done but if not at least i now know where problem is cheers all great forum thanks for taking time to give me answers.

[Johndouglas]

If only all our problems were solved so easily.   Thank you for coming back to tell us about your result.   It's appreciated.

[paul.h]

Just a thought, if the wd40 conducts electricity at all and it is sprayed on a connector, then there may be a remote chance of it affecting the airbags. It may be better to not use it.