Side airbag

[djp30djp]

Blasted electronics , Why do they have to spoil what would be a fantastic car with all the electronic crap that we don't need & I don't want , & its not just Pugs - modern cars are all the bloody same .
I don't want most of the gizmo's & idiot lights on modern cars but if I want a bit of comfort & style I have no choice. I've managed hundreds of thousands of miles over 40 years of driving anything with wheels & a seat without abs,aircon,airbags,"idiot lights" to tell me I've got oil & water etc.etc. bloody etc.

Sorry, rant over, but for some reason I have an intermittent warning light which the book says is side airbag.
It comes on with the ignition as it should & goes off after a few seconds as it should, next thing I know, driving along merrily & the blasted thing comes on for no good reason & won't go off until I re-start the car .
Please anybody got a fix for this or do I just take the bulb out. Mechanical items are no problem & I'm pretty OK with electics but electronics are a mystery so any help would be welcome.

[mikey s]

getting it fault code read would give you an accurate idea of whats wrong. it maybe that its the wiring under the seat at fault (very common), or it maybe a fault with the side impact sensor or the bag itself.

[Welly]

The 'face' air bag light is common and is a cheapo connector problem under the seat with 'pre tens' labled on it.

The side air bag (the sausage next to your head shaped light) I think is a darker, deeper, annoying problem

My car says (on the seat base) it's got side air bags and I can feel something in the side of the seat but I have no Sausage light the funny thing is a friend at the dealer said that he's seen a few 406's come in with Sausage Lights on when the owner had never even seen the light on with the ignition or anythingbefore

[djp30djp]

Well it's still doing it but not all the time. Sometimes it will come on before I've even left the drive & sometimes it won't come on all day. I've tried to find a pattern to it i.e comes on after going over a pothole etc. but nothing, Any more ideas anyone

[Welly]

Well it's still doing it but not all the time. Sometimes it will come on before I've even left the drive & sometimes it won't come on all day. I've tried to find a pattern to it i.e comes on after going over a pothole etc. but nothing, Any more ideas anyone

I fear your answer may lie at one of these places:

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Oh My God

[steve_earwig]

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[djp30djp]

Sod that, if it gets too anoying it will get a little square of black tape over the light or the bulb removed.
thanks anyway.

[djp30djp]

getting it fault code read would give you an accurate idea of whats wrong. it maybe that its the wiring under the seat at fault (very common), or it maybe a fault with the side impact sensor or the bag itself.

OK, had to code's read, no faults recorded . Any more ideas

[Welly]

Did a Peugeot dealer do the code read, because their Global Test is very intrusive and I'm surprised if they found nothing

[djp30djp]

No, I have a reader but that didn't show anything so I took it to the garage I use for MoT's etc.They couldn't find anything either, strange thing is it came on again on the way back from there but hasn't come on again since, YET!

[Welly]

These will be the people to tell you what's wrong, I'm affraid.

'Global Test'