Damm Air bag light!!

[Sharky-VTR]

The air bag light on my 1999 westy is on all the time is there anyway of getting it to go out if so where about is it?

Thanks,sorry if this has been asked b4:y:

[Yates]

had any problems with your airbags?

ever shove things under the seat?

does it flash or just appear constantly there?

if you go under the seat, have a look at the orange wires, have a little fiddle with them, just move them bout, disconnect them under the seat, should be a brown plug, then connect back up, thats the pretensioners for the seatbelts which is linked with the airbags, could be that you have touched them or they are unsettled somehow, just do that and it should go out

[Sharky-VTR]

its there all the time,spoke to a mate he says there was alot of saxos that got recalled because of this,not sure if he was pulling ma leg though

[Yates]

never heard of one being re called, just do like i said, have a fiddle with orange wire, disconnect and reconnect works most times

[Sharky-VTR]

so is the orange wire under the drivers seat?

[Yates]

yeah under both driver and passenger

[sarahvtr20]

had this prob myself with my old vtr as said already fiddle with the orange wire under the drivers seat!!you proberly hit it or something

[Sharky-VTR]

cheers guys will have a crack the morn:y:

[dynebaruk]

I've got the same problem, tried fiddling with the wires but no luck. Think I'll have another bash tomorrow. Really annoys me and is probably quite dangerous too because the airbag won't go off if I crash.

[MRTECHSYSTEMS]

Yeah I got this problem to can anyone help got a m8 to look at it on thursday would like to solve it before he charges me lol
:panic:

[Yates]

air bag probs wont even go off in a crash anyway!

tech systems, do what ive said above

take battery off leave it off for bit connect and disconnect wire then put up battery a bit after, may not go off instantly may take some time

[pug306_ok]

Saxo airbags work.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2pyoqs1.jpg

[moxy89]

airbag lights:
1) wont fail the mot, i crashed mine bonnet crunched side pannels fucked and still no airbag lol
if the lights is just on its is a problem where if its flashing it is warning you of a larger problem which stated maybe due to the wiring uder the seats, play aroudn with them and see what happens

[Yates]

i cant see pic at work, but ive seen lots of pics on here from loads of crashes and they havent gone off...

i know mates who have crashed and air bag never went off

but like i said, probs wont, didnt say they defo wouldnt.

[Yates]

airbag lights:
1) wont fail the mot, i crashed mine bonnet crunched side pannels fucked and still no airbag lol
if the lights is just on its is a problem where if its flashing it is warning you of a larger problem which stated maybe due to the wiring uder the seats, play aroudn with them and see what happens

flashing fails mot, just up doesnt, what i was told by my mot tester

[Jungle_Jim]

check the following connectors mate, mine was on, then i fiddled with the one behind the ignition surround at i has been off for 2 years

the orange wire (connector block) under the seat for the seatbelt pretensioner.
there is another connection point in the fuse box area below the glove box.
and one more is located behind the steering wheel/ignition surround.

[Viper]

when i had my seat out, for about 5 minutes it would flash, then it would just stay lit

and correct, will not fail MOT. put mine through MOT with it on

[moxy89]

i had my MOT with it flashing and passed and was told by many members it would pass

[Yates]

well different testers, as said told by mine flashing would fail, didnt have any light son for mine so never mattered

[VTS_Gaz]

Anyway i would be able to get airbag light not to come on with an aftermarket steering wheel fitted?

[pug306_ok]

Take the bulb out.

[Yates]

Take the bulb out.

il take it you have never done that, its not quite as easy as that, plus there is no bulb there

[shieldy]

thats the problem i had intill i realised that my trainers what i shoved under my seat had pulled the oranage wire that was under my sit i cliped it back together and it hasnt come on since

[Sharky-VTR]

right!!!!tried to disconect the battery and both pugs under both seats without any joy...AHHHH

[Yates]

you couldnt disconnect them??

[Sharky-VTR]

sorry mate worded that wrong Disconnected all of the above then pluged them all in again no joy!