Clio air bag light on Dash

pilot1087 · 24-07-2008 9:35pm #1

Hi guys,

The air bag warning light on the dash has come on in my 01 clio along with the service light. They seem to be blinking on and off a fair bit. Any ideas what this might be before I bring it to a mechanic and have to splash the cash.

Thanks

Atomic Pineapple · 24-07-2008 10:20pm

same thing happened to my brothers clio, he simply had to get it reset

PCros · 24-07-2008 10:31pm

This happens in the Saxo aswell, there are wires under the seat that may be loose. Check em.

Atomic Pineapple · 24-07-2008 10:34pm

PCros wrote: »

This happens in the Saxo aswell, there are wires under the seat that may be loose. Check em.

actually think thats what it was, a wire under the seat wa broken and had to be soldered back together

Dirty_Diesel · 25-07-2008 7:32am

Some clio's throw up an airbag light when you push the seat back. Dodgy wiring I would assume.

colsers22 · 25-07-2008 12:56pm

The same thing happened in my 01..
It turned out the car was crashed (bought it off a dodgy dealer who is now out of business) and the airbag activated.. Whoever replaced it, put it back ar*eways and I had to go to the renault stealer to get it sorted. They had to replace the airbag coil (??) or something. It cost me a small fortune anyway..
I would check the wiring under the seat as this is commonly the cause of this fault, I spent ages reseaching and tried to fix it before forking out.
I hope you don't have the same problem I did.
The only reason I got it fixed was because I was doing my driving test and they wouldn't let me sit it with a warning light on the dash. No garage I went to would use their diagnostics to switch the light off.
I was driving around in it with the SERV light on for a good year!
The one thing the Renault dealer did say was that they couldn't gaurantee the airbag would activate in an accident unless I had it sorted. Your choice.

Clio air bag light on Dash

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