Air bag warning light

[Simon Meadwell]

Help
Just given the moho a run fiat ducato and the warning lights for the airbags has come on.Red light saying failure and amber saying de activated. Amber maybe that just the warning light is faulty how can you find out without going to garage?

 

[jezport]

check the plugs and leads under the seat, especially if you have swivel seats.

 

[pappajohn]

Two definate ways to check.
1..drive into a wall at speed... No airbag deployed, lights working correctly
2..have system checked by suitable diagnostic equipment.

Other than checking plugs etc there's nothing you can do yourself

 

[MikeD]

Modern Fiats seem to have a designed/build in defect of showing warning lights.

Are they well alight or just glowing. When our dash failed they just glowed.

Fiat replaced it under warranty.

 

[Buster30]

As above, it is generally the seat belt attachment

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[Simon Meadwell]

Definitely glowing properly as if a real warning its just the uncertainty of the problem
1. No airbag or
2. The warning light is faulty ?

 

[pappajohn]

I don't see how it can be faulty warning lights when both are lit.

It's my opinion the bag activation mechanism/sensor has failed and as a result it has been deactivated to prevent possible unintentional inflation due to a faulty sensor.

Activation mechanism/sensor failure could be something as simple as a broken wire or unplugged connector

 

[jimcunliffe]

We had the same issue, fiat diagnostics said airbag Ecu so £172 for the part and £85 For coding and still the same, turned out to be dirty/bad connection under passenger seat!

 

[Diabalo]

Air bag ECU may have gone boobies up.