P38A SRS airbag light illuminated

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P38Seb

P38Seb

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Oh look, another problem with the P38 - it’s fine, this is all doing wonders for my mental health.

I’ve got a somewhat permanent SRS light on the dash now, accompanied by AIRBAG FAULT on the LCD display. Wiggling the yellow cable under the drivers seat doesn’t fix and with Nanocom I can clear the fault, and it’ll reappear then if I clear it again it stays off until next start up. Below is an image of the fault displayed - before I jump on eBay and start buying bits, it’s this likely to be the clock spring assembly or the actual air bag itself? Also is there a way to test continuity on certain pins?
 

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Rather than wriggling the connector, check the contacts. Could also be the airbag open circuit. You could wire in a suitable resistor instead ?
 
Clean connectors with electrical cleaner with before coupling back together. When I had it it was the connector behind panel below steering wheel . 4 screws to remove panel, yellow wires are SRS, pull connector apart spray refit
 
Right so quick update - drove back from a cycle to the unit to dump the bike etc and had a quick nose under the seat to check which connector. Moved it slightly and now the SRS light is gone with no message either - so thankfully not the clock spring, which means Nanocom is reading correctly- I’ll give it a liberal blast of contact cleaner and fingers crossed.

Thanks for all the replies so far.
 
Had same on my
P38Seb said:
Right so quick update - drove back from a cycle to the unit to dump the bike etc and had a quick nose under the seat to check which connector. Moved it slightly and now the SRS light is gone with no message either - so thankfully not the clock spring, which means Nanocom is reading correctly- I’ll give it a liberal blast of contact cleaner and fingers crossed.

Thanks for all the replies so far.
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Had same on my P38 SRS light kept coming on because of the connection so in the end I cut it out and soldered the wires together, end of problem.
 
kds said:
Had same on my
Had same on my P38 SRS light kept coming on because of the connection so in the end I cut it out and soldered the wires together, end of problem.
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Might grab some trusty Wagos out of the van then make a better fixing. Don’t trust myself not to set the car aflame with a soldering iron.
 
P38Seb said:
Might grab some trusty Wagos out of the van then make a better fixing. Don’t trust myself not to set the car aflame with a soldering iron.
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Now fair enough you might set the car on fire with a plumber torch soldering tiny wires but you can get electric soldering irons now which would be a little safer or even small gas powered ones lol.
 
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