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Passenger seat belt locked and Air bag light on

I went into a ditch the other day but got right out, but my air bag light came on and my passenger seat belt is locked with no slack. 1) Is there anyway to turn off the airbag light without taking it in to the dealership? 2) How do I get the passenger seat belt to loosen up again?

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Sounds like you probably have blown the seat belt pre-tension-er. Any competent repair shop should have the tools able to access the SRS computer and diagnose the problem. Your SRS system is stand alone from other systems in your vehicle and it performs a self test every time the key is cycled to the ON position. If all faults are removed the air bag light should go out on its own, but in some cases the diagnostic module will need replaced along with any damaged peripheral component of the system.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 03, 2008

SOURCE: Passenger Air Bag Warning light stays son

is this van new for you ? is it a status light letting you know that the airbag is loaded and ready for anypassenger that you have in your van ? do you have a key that you can turn it off in most vans there is an option to turn air bag on or off depending on size or opinion of passenger . im thinking that if its a status light its okay to be on letting you know its ready for opperation . take a look at your owners manual airbag section . and if it does turn out to be a warning malfunction indicator please dont waste time take it to your local dealer and have it checked out .hope this information helps good luck

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 22, 2008

SOURCE: air bag replacement in 2003 grand am

That is the only sensor to trigger the bags. The new module needs to be programmed to the car by the dealer or someone with a scan tool capable of that.

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Jake

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  • Posted on Jun 20, 2009

SOURCE: 2000 Chevrolet Malibu LS airbag problems

The passenger side airbag is a lot easier then driver side. Take the glove box out and you will see two 10mm bolts holding it in place. When you open the passenger side front door, remove the panel on the side of the dash and you will see yellow connectors.The 1 closest to the front is attached to the air bag, it is clipped into the frame. Just pull it loose and take it out and your done. For the Driver side, it takes a skinny T27 to remove the two star bolts, then just disconnect the horn red clip and ground and install new airbag. The module is located under the passenger seat, underneath the carpet. Kinda stupid but thats where its at. You also need to replace the front impact sensor located behind the grille on the back side of the metal bar to each side. Follow the hood latch down. Also just to make sure, you know to disconnect the battery before you do all this. You don't want new airbags to accidentally deploy.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 20, 2009

SOURCE: passenger windows/ power seats fuse keeps blowing

Check the seat wiring harness below the seat and under the carpet. Water and moister will cause it to rust and break the wires or short them out. The windows and power seat require the use of a circuit breaker, this is recommended.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 20, 2009

SOURCE: My 2006 Aveo passenger airbag light goes on and of

The sensor is located in the padding of the seat, you have two wires for seat belt and two wires to the sensor jumping the sensor to bypass the switch is dangrous so will give you a site that can fix it even if dealers can't. Go here and give em a call. http://www.airbagsolutions.com/contact.aspx they are the ones that build all the air bag systems and rebuild the units.

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(Example: grocery package trigger SRS / Air Bag light on the way home.)

I recommend you to pass an vacuum over the contacts and use CRC electronic parts cleaner to rule out connectivity problem.

I DO NOT disconnecting the negative battery connector to clean the code(s)

Without the code(s) the dealer will takes "BILLABLE" time to reproduce the problem.

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