Air bag light question
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Air bag light question
I hope I put this question in the correct place.
Car is 2006 R52 JCW. The passenger front seat mat was replaced by dealer a couple years ago.
Here's the issue I am having with the yellow light in the header panel:
Light is off when nobody is sitting in passenger seat
Light is on when my dog or someone is sitting in the passenger seat
Light stays on when passenger seat belt is buckled
Light is on when belt is buckled and nobody is sitting in the passenger front seat
There are no codes for the SRS system
The little red light goes out in the dash when I buckle the driver's side seat belt.
My question is this: Could it be possible that the previous owners deactivated the passenger side air bag at some point? Or do I need to look at something else?
Bryan
Car is 2006 R52 JCW. The passenger front seat mat was replaced by dealer a couple years ago.
Here's the issue I am having with the yellow light in the header panel:
Light is off when nobody is sitting in passenger seat
Light is on when my dog or someone is sitting in the passenger seat
Light stays on when passenger seat belt is buckled
Light is on when belt is buckled and nobody is sitting in the passenger front seat
There are no codes for the SRS system
The little red light goes out in the dash when I buckle the driver's side seat belt.
My question is this: Could it be possible that the previous owners deactivated the passenger side air bag at some point? Or do I need to look at something else?
Bryan
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So, normal for you is the light is on when someone is sitting in the passenger seat, and seat belt is buckled? Light should be off if my thinking is correct.
I don't think this is the way it's supposed to work
Light stays on when passenger seat belt is buckled
Light is on when belt is buckled and nobody is sitting in the passenger front seat
Light is on when belt is buckled and nobody is sitting in the passenger front seat
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Yeah, I read the whole post, bud. You didn't answer my question. It's weight based. Is the "someone" an adult? If the "someone" is an adult, then it's not working right, and I would guess a faulty mat. A dog is possibly not heavy enough to turn that airbag on. Same goes for your hand. I'm pretty sure I remember buckling the belt with no one in the seat would also turn the light on, but I haven't tried it in years. Someone with a working mat should be able to confirm that.
Normal for me is the light is always off because I shut the sensor off in software.
Normal for me is the light is always off because I shut the sensor off in software.
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Yep, that ain't right.
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I had a code when my mat was failing though. It was intermittent, and it would light the SRS light in the speedo. Hmm...
I don't know how it acts if the airbag is deactivated.
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I had a code when my mat was failing though. It was intermittent, and it would light the SRS light in the speedo. Hmm...
I don't know how it acts if the airbag is deactivated.
Last edited by deepgrey; 02-04-2022 at 02:13 PM. Reason: extra thoughts
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Ugh. If you have INPA and NCSExpert, you could pull the settings from the airbag module and take a gander at them.
It looks like it would probably be the AIRBAG_BEIFAHRER_1 option to turn the passenger airbag on or off, so you could check that to see if it's been disabled. Perhaps someone else can confirm that setting.
@adriancl , do you have any thoughts? I don't know if the euro cars got the same mats that we did in the states.
It looks like it would probably be the AIRBAG_BEIFAHRER_1 option to turn the passenger airbag on or off, so you could check that to see if it's been disabled. Perhaps someone else can confirm that setting.
@adriancl , do you have any thoughts? I don't know if the euro cars got the same mats that we did in the states.
Last edited by deepgrey; 02-04-2022 at 02:50 PM. Reason: add ncs info
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