I've noticed that my sideair bag indicator comes on for like 20 seconds and then goes away....this happens randomly....might not happen for a month...and might happen again 2 times in one week...can't really explain it

any ideas?

 

check with the dealer......theres a recall about a srs sensor........it might just be a bad sensor........and does this happen when someone is sitting there or when there is no one.........

 

well isnt the side airbag supposed to be on both the pass and driver?

it happens when someone is there and when its vacant

 

mine comes on if someones in my passenger seat sitting towards the edge of the seat... if it happens when you have someone in the car just tell them to sit normal haha.

 

lol

 

Its supposed to do that if you have a passenger in the seat. If the passanger is not sitting right in the seat that light comes on to let you know that the airbag isnt on so it wont hurt your passenger.

 

are u serious?!

will it come on if im not sitting right? Aren't the airbags on both sides though?

 

There is actually know sensor on the driver side to shut it down just if the passenger is not sitting right. I dont know if you noticed but if its working right that light should have only come on with people in the passenger seat.

 

the light will only come (meaning the system is disabled) on when a passenger isnt sitting right or if something small or light is leaning on it to shut it off. Its there to protect the occupant.

 

guys you missed something he said......

yes it the side airbag light goes off when someone is sitting wrong, but if its going off when there is no one there.....theres a problem......like i said before call up the dealer and see if your car has that srs sensor recall.........

 

well im a big guy and do u think its coming on because I might be too heavy for the seat? lol

I'll call the dealer

 

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Items like laptops, book bag, grocery bag etc on the passenger seat will also trigger the SRS light

 

my laptop caused my SRS light to come on 2 times

 

I also have the same problem, when a passenger is sitting in the passenger seat all "gangster-d out with the hardcore shoulder lean" it triggers the light to come on. I wonder if it stays on long enough it'll explode on the passenger.

 

mine came on today the yellow light i was parked with the car own and someone was sitting in my car for awhile then I noticed the light blinking for a couple minutes then the light stayed solid and then i turned the car off and when i drove it again couple mintues later it was off you sure this is normal? so everytime someone sits wrong in the car its gonna turn on? with that yellow light it reminds me of a check engine light and thats something i dont want. let me know thanks

 

i started noticing i have this problem now after i got out of work today. NOTHING and no one is sitting in my passenger seat and the side airbag light illuminates. i already knew and understand everything said above, so i took my hand and applied weight to the seat to see if the light would go out, and sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldn't. so when i got home i tried sitting in the passenger seat myself... and the light went out. then i got out of that seat and the light came back on. is this the SRS recall of which you speak of??

 

light shouldn't be on, with no one/nothing in the seat.....the recall was issued awhile ago.....if you go to the dealer/call em they can tell you if your car has a recall....


and as for trying to do this with your hand, its not going to work it will never give you a rgith reading, just because of the force you are applying, or just the location you are pushing on.....