airbag light keeps comes on and keeps flashing
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airbag light keeps comes on and keeps flashing
JUST BOUGHT A 1999 406 LX.ITS A LOVELY CAR NOT A MARK ON IT.THE ONLY FAULT I HAVE IS THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND STARTS FLASHING.ANY ONE EALSE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND CAN IT BE FIXED?
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Re: airbag light keeps comes on and keeps flashing
Hello, your capslock key is on. Probably the ecu (under the centre console). Don't mess with it without diconnecting your battery for a while first.
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Re: airbag light keeps comes on and keeps flashing
Hi Billy!billyboot wrote:JUST BOUGHT A 1999 406 LX.ITS A LOVELY CAR NOT A MARK ON IT.THE ONLY FAULT I HAVE IS THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND STARTS FLASHING.ANY ONE EALSE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND CAN IT BE FIXED?
The usual culprit is a bad connection in the plug for the seatbelt pre-tensioner. Some people chop off the plug and solder the wires or you can put your own bullet connectors on.
Mine suffers the same but I haven't been arsed to fix it yet

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1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there

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2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
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Re: airbag light keeps comes on and keeps flashing
Or you can just carefuly bend the electrical male spikes/blades inside the connector with something plastic so that when you reconnect the connector you get a better connection - works for me on my 1999 model.
It always happens when you move the seat.
It always happens when you move the seat.
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Re: airbag light keeps comes on and keeps flashing
I ended up sticking a choc block up on mine underneath the seats and seem to cure straight away the previous owner looked like they had fun they must have used a full roll pvc tape around on each one and its probaly best to do both of them whilst you still in the mood. 

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