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Air bag light on

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Recently my air bag light has been coming on. It come on randomly, shows the light indicating that the system is inoperative. If I turn off the passenger side airbag (using the switch), the system always works with no light (no faults indicated). My wife often rides with me and I want the airbag working (hey! no jokes about my wife being an air bag! :o ).

I have replaced the passenger disable switch with another from a junkyard with no improvement.

Any suggestions?

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Year , make and model may help.

We don't want to confuse crew cabs with yours if there are differences.

Obviously yours is a truck, where ours is a utility. That in itself includes some differences.

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Sorry, I'm used to this information being in a sig...

'99 regular cab Chevy
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Post by HenryJ »

I edited your signature to include that information.

Might be worth checking grounds? Fuses?

I have a '99 fullsize that is doing the same thing, but haven't had a chance to look into it yet. I'll let you know if I find a solution to that one.

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You might need a new air bag control module. :wink: My air bag light began acting up around 40k miles and stayed on permanently by 60k miles. I had a dealer look at it and they told me I needed a new air bag control module. The only reason I have not had it fixed is because my extended warranty won't cover it and the dealer wanted $600 to fix the problem. :shock: One of these days I will buy the module and install it myself. :roll:

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:thumb: Thanks. I'll check for a used module.

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Do those models have the passenger seat weight sensor thing?
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barch97 wrote:Do those models have the passenger seat weight sensor thing?
I think most of the stuff I have been dealing with is still first gen technology?
That is a good point though. I'll keep my eyes open for that on the fullsize.

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