Airbag light comes on and stays on for...

[Steve B]

It usually means the energy storage device in the airbag controller is going bad.  As long as the light is off the airbag will function when triggered.

Steve Buchholz




al <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

>When I start the car the airbag light comes on and goes off within 5-10 sec.  Today the light stayed on for approximately 30 sec and went out as I was driving down the road. It repeated this twice more, each time I started. 
>
>I don’t have the fancy on-board diagnostics. 
>
>I know the bag is at least 10 yrs old. Do I need to buy a new bag or send one of its components to someone to reset it?
>
>The bag was not activated or minor bumps to bumper, I think.
>
>Al
>Honolulu
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