the proverbial Airbag

[warlock]

Morning all ..have been trying to sort this problem for a long time now have read so many different posts on it ..and yet it continues ...my first question is ...are there any members close to worthing/littlehampton that can do a fault read on my car ?? ...as i said ive had this problem for ages and to be quite frank it is the only prob now ..ive rebuilt the top end and done a multi tude of other things but i still have this airbag light i have replaced the comms unit with a new one ...ive been twidling with the wires under the seats ..n now ive got both lights on side /main ive taken out both red connectors and fitted new crimp type ..at the moment i have the centre consal out and can access the restraners n the ecu have plugged in out in out shake it all about to no availl ..every time ive unplugged and replugged the battery ...now im about to pull my hair out and turn my head upside down ...also has any one got any spare tether cause ive reached the end of mine .
sorry to waffle on

[warlock]

Up date have just plugged in passenger airbag switch and that has cured the passenger/side light problem but still cant get the main light out ...nd i really dont know which way to go ???????

[lozz]

Hi,
Have you checked all the wiring/connectors under the seat
Also give the plug that goes into the seatbelt pretenioner/orange cable if irember correctly..
Give that awiggle-normaly they can become slack and gain a bad connection-common fault.

[GingerMagic]

+1 with Lozz. The pre-tensioner connection is behind the other connections under the front seat, hard to spot and not obvious straightaway. Give this one a go too..

[warlock]

yoh ive pulled prodded and tugged everything ....im getting to the stage now when im gonner start pulling them with the ignition on just to see what happens ive unplugged both tentioners and replugged .im thinking i may need to hard wire evrything under the seat ...but waht i really need is to read the faults to give me a heads up ...yeomans want a morgage payment before theyll even look ...
thanks for the feed back though ...

[lozz]

Don't be pulling anything out with the ignition on-you might end up getting
Flashbanged by an air-bag and them things burn you when they go off trust me
On that one ..

Unplug the connectors that go into the pre-tensioners and have look at the pins/contacts.

[warlock]

thanks ive unpugged the little buggers and they look good maybe need a spray or somthin..

[lozz]

Is the airbag light on solid or is it flashing...

[warlock]

solid and it bleeps and comes up on the cpu screen as air bag deffective ...but ive changed that and ive changed the comm unit ...

[warlock]

done it done it done it

[lozz]

So what was wrong with it..

Good result tho..glad to see you've got it sorted..

[crackpotterpig]

i would of gone for the easy option.........dashboard out and remove the bulb ;)

[steve_earwig]

Ah, mot fail mode

[crackpotterpig]

only if the air bag/ srs light indicates a fault they dont check for operation eg abs light

[steve_earwig]

Didn't they used to have times for the check lights to be on when the car's first started? Or is that just ABS?