OH FFS DONT TRY TO FIX AIRBAG LIGHT!

[cully]

ok ok maybe i didnt but it had a few laughing for a minuite
so heres a how to what i have done to fix my airbag light

Airbag light quick Fix

recently my airbag light came on and i had a good idea what caused it,
as it was ever since the kids kicked the rear floor mats under the passenger seat
so quick logic pointed me towards the plugs under that seat

so this is a what i did post on how i fixed my problem light

book says to deactivate the system by switching ignition off and disconnect the battery negative terminal and wait five minuites
i didnt do this i just turned the ignition off and waited till i removed the seat bolts



firstly i had no way of getting under the seat so i unbolted the seat to expose the connectors



my car is a 2002 hdi and has side chair airbags
the 3 connectors are
orange plug is seatbelt pretensioner.
red plug is side airbag.
yellow plug is side airbag casing earth.



the yellow plug wire is taped to the red plug loom



when i tryed the plugs they did feal loose so i believe this is the main problem

on unplugging the airbags red and orange plug the airbag side plug has a clever safety feature which shorts the cable out to stop stray voltages triggering the bag



on seeing this this, changed the way i was going to fix the plugs, i was just going to cut the plugs off and join the cables but safety features are good so im not going to remove that

so how to make the plugs tighter again!!



looking at the plug i could see it was a split cylinder so i used a pin to close the tube making a tighter connection



i plugged the plugs back together refixed the plugs to the seat and tested



hay presto it fixed my light problem




just got to rebolt the seat back in now