Air Bag warning

[98se40]

Hi Guys,
9 times out of 10 when driving I get the AirBag warning Failure light come on the dash.
Its a 97 4.0 GEMS

Any ideas?

Cheers

[davidsonsm]

Loose wire I'd suggest or bad earth. Don't suppose you can tell if it's steering wheel or passenger air bag? Have you been routing in either of these areas recently?

[98se40]

No, no routing whatsoever. So, its nothing to worry about? or is?

[davidsonsm]

Well - I'd want to know the source of the problem and fix it. Assume you're talking about the crash protection air bags - and not the air springs.

[TheTree]

Hi

I recently had an airbag warning and the nanocom told me it was the passenger side airbag intermittent connection

So i lifted the side cover, undid the connector, treated it with deoxit and put it back.

Cleared the fault and it has not come back

SO if you have diagnostics or know someone who has, get them to check out which bag has the error

Steve

[98se40]

No routing whatsoever. Where would I check the earth or the wires?

Should I worry or just forget about it?

No, I dont know if its passenger or drivers

[98se40]

Hi Steve,

side cover?, where is this?

Cheers

[TheTree]

Hi

Sorry i was a little vague there, I mean the covers which runs along the bottom of the door sills.

You need to release at least the front of the seat base finisher and then you can get the sill cover off.

It may not be a side air bag though

Being in Sydney you should be able to find a helpful member who has some diagnostic gear.

If you are ever up on the Central Coast, I have a Motronic (Bosch, Thor) nanocom I would be happy to plug in to your beast!

Steve

[p38arover]

I thought SRS faults didn't clear automatically but have to be cleared with a diagnostic computer. That has been my experience with mine.

Is your dash light coming on and going out? Do you have and Airbag Fault message displayed in the Message Centre?

A faulty spiral cassette in the steering column would, I expect, bring up the fault light pretty quickly after being cleared. It did on mine.

98se40, where are you located?

My Testbook is currently out on loan so I can't look at the stored faults at the moment.

[98se40]

I just undid the glovebox and pulled the yello cable connector and repushed it back in. So after work I will take it home and see if it appears again.
I have a Faultmate but shows no faults.
Ron, the message is on the dash.. Im in Taren Point
Steve, I have the poverty pack. The 40ltr. just basics, so no airbags in the doors ( as far as I know)

Cheers