Airbag Misery

[Kr1s]

The airbag lamp has just appeared on my V plate xantia HDI.

Its not the seat airbag lamp but the flashing 'AIRBAG' orange lamp.

 

Any quick fix's guys or is it the clock spring?

 

Cheers

[DickieG]

It may well be the seat belt pre-tensioner connection wire under the seats becoming detatched, they get kicked by rear passengers and items moving under the seat.

[flat2themat]

It may well be the seat belt pre-tensioner connection wire under the seats becoming detatched, they get kicked by rear passengers and items moving under the seat.

 

 

easy way to check this is to turn on the ignition, and 'wiggle' (technicalo term lol) the wires under the passenger and driver seats, if the light goes off, thats your problem, simplest way to cure it is cut off the connecting ends and solder the wires together! common problem in most cars with pretensioners, my 2 clios and saxo all had this problem.

[Kr1s]

Thanks dickie g - does that mean the old disconnect/leave/and connect again ?

Or will the lamp need resetting?

thanks

[Kr1s]

thanks all

[flat2themat]

Thanks dickie g - does that mean the old disconnect/leave/and connect again ?

Or will the lamp need resetting?

thanks

 

 

the lamp will not need resetting, it will simply turn off again, probably best to disconnect the battery though!! ;)

[Kr1s]

Disconnecting the pretensioners and reconnecting sorted the problem

thanks all