My airbag light is bliniking - anyone had this?

[philb]

The airbag light is blinking, and on the Nav Screen, I also have a warning saying that the SRS airbag needs to be checked.

Has anyone experienced? I am wondering if this is just a "timer" that has come on as I approached 80K, or if something is really wrong?

I can take to the steelership if I have to, but I'd like to know what others have experienced before I do so.

Thanks for any info you can supply.

[Boon]

Did you do anything to the car recently? Below are the instructions on how to reset the SRS light. If it comes back on I would get it checked out.

1. Turn key on.2. Once airbag light has displayed for 7 seconds, turn key off within 1 second.3. Wait more than 3 seconds4. Repeat 1, 2 and 3 two more times (three on/off cycles total)5. Turn key to on - this puts the system in diagostic mode.

Notes - the 7 second delay corresponds to the normal on-time of the airbag lights. Just switch the key off as soon as they go out - wait at least 3 seconds, then repeat the cycle.

There are a series of flashes that will indicate the source of the malfunction, but in my case, I really didn't care about the flashes, as I was the cause of the malfunction by disconnecting/reconnecting the passenger airbag.

Once you're in diagnostic mode, resetting the light will occur once you turn the key off, wait a few seconds, and turn it back on again - this puts it back in "user" mode.

[Poyzinous]

The airbag light blinks when a fault is detected. It could be something serious, so dont take it lightly. Unless its a pretensioner issue, the airbags wont go off in a collision, making a crash riskier. Get it checked out.