I just have a small question...I have an 05 dakota...luv the truck...only problem is I got into an accident ( yea im ashamed to admit it [sm=headbang.gif]) and $4000 later I started having this problem where my air bag indicator lights would come off and on. the one lightis telling me that the passenger side airbag is off, and the other light is on the dash next to my other indicator lights, is just a red airbag light. So I took it back to dodge to have it looked at, they said lights are ok, everything is acctually ok...well lights went away for awhile, now they are coming off and on again. What I want to know is should I worry about my airbags being defective or its just something going wrong with the lights themselves. Has anyone had this problem before and what was the outcome?

Thank you in advance for the help.

-Jamie

 

Do you have anything leaning against the back of one of the front seats? It could be just be a negative weight light. I had that happen when I worked for the dealer and all I had to do was move my stuff.

 

had mine back several times they cant figure it out. its a huge safety issue and i might be getting a new truck! if they cant fix it howcan theytell methat its working right?? thats my argument they tried to tell me its my aftermarket navi/dvd that they installed anyway its all b/s you can fight this you paid for functioning airbags how do you know they are going to work if you need them?

 

BULL&HIT!!!

If everything is OK then there's no light.....if you've got a light then no everything isn't OK. FORCE THE ISSUE and make the dealership fix it.


an aftermarket radio on the does effect the CAN bus and will cause errors including the airbags (same problem with my 07 Dak).....use something like the Peripheral CHYAH05 or Metra XSVI-6502 interface module. Either will emulate the factory head unit and elimate the problem.....also makes it easier to wireaftermarket decks.

 

I'd agree with you but (at least from my experience) you're wrong. I had an aftermarket deck installed (not the kenwood I put in) the second day after picking up my 07 Dak and on the drive home noticed the airbag light was on. I hadn't noticed it before but since I'd been driving the truck for less then 24 hours I couldn't be 100% sure that it wasn't on before the deck was installed. I stopped by the dealership and spoke to one of their techs who said it was the new stereo. Being slightly skeptical and felt I was going to get in to a pissing contest between the dealership and the stereo shop I pulled the dash apart and put in the factory deck. Airbag light was still there so I put on the scanner and pulled off error "B1915" (Air Bag Driver Circuit Failure). Cleared the error and took the truck for a drive to see if it would replicate......nothing. Reinstalled the aftermarket deck and sure enough the light came back on. Not wanting to drive without an airbag I put the factory deck back in. Because of being out of town I had to wait a week to go back to Future Shop (Canuck version of BestBuy) where I had the deck installed and spoke to a different tech and thats when I found out about the Peripheral/Metra interface modules. Did a bit of looking online and found people with similar problems so had them install one with the aftermarket deck and no more problem with the airbag.

While I agree that radios/stereos shouldn't impact something as serious as airbags I can't discount the first hand evidence that they do.

 

they installed the metra unit after my first unit fried so they got me a new one and used the metra product either way it should work with and without a factory radio. that light is so annoying.

 

Also, techs hate working on airbags because more techs die every die doing that than anything else, usually due to carelessness, such as sitting in the seat while manipulating the system with tools in your hand... and the airbag goes off, shoving said tool into their face of chest...

 

I dont have anything leaning against the seats, the truck is also weird that now only one or the other lights will come on and stay on, i think its posessed [sm=devilgrin.gif].... just looked at my invoices from when I took the truck in, looks like they did a check for "proper seat weight calibration found ok." Basically if the light wasn't present when it was at the dealership, it wasn't a problem, is the impression ive gotten.

Now that I think about the situation more...I remeber talking about it with my parents about the accident, i t-boned someone going like 30-35 miles an hour, the airbags never went off, should they off? I thought airbags go off like around 15 or so, that was our concern again with the lights when we took it back to dodge, and they said nothing was wrong....