My airbag service light is on and I'd like to make it go away. What does it mean when it comes on and how do I rectify the issue?

 

it means that there is a problem some where in the system that needs attention and in a collision it would be like rolling the dice they may or may not deploy, so if your still under warrenty take it in

 

Its not under warranty anymore. Where would be the first place I would look?

 

is there anything under your seats cause it seemed to do something weird to mine whnen i had a bottle of water under the passenger seat now it is fine not sure what it was but it helped

 

mine is on too. but only sometimes... its weird. going to get it looked at this week

 

Nooo it nothing under there. What would cause that tho? Technically what would cause that?

 

this started happening to me yesterday. it only comes on sometimes and it's never been in a wreck. any ideas?

 

it may be a short if you have warranty go have it looked at i was told that you may need to replace both sesors one in the seatbelt and one in the seat

 

I had mine in today and they needed to order a part for my seat/seat belt. not sure what it was called... but its something there. if your still wondering i can look on the work order once i get it back and tell u exactly

 

About a year ago mine came on, and i took it to the dealership and they replaced the idc .....now it came back on not long ago but i haven seen an SAB yet since

 

Yes! That will be helpful thank you.

 

oddly mine just started doing it too, it comes on when i take my first turn, and it doesnt really turn off until i turn the car off, and then again it will remain off until i make a turn...

 

Alrightie! Mine is alllll fixed! so the issue was "passenger seat belt sensor tensioner" .... weird eh!? so they replaced "seat belt&retractor due to broken wire" if you want more specifics just ask but thats what my problem was!

 

Airbags aren't typically something you want to play around with. If you do decide to investigate them, I strongly suggest you unplug your battery and wait 10 minutes before probing wires with a multimeter. Do NOT use a self powered test light.

best bet is to just take it to a dealer, airbags do contain high explosives... Or if you're out of warranty, a good shop.

not really related to the Cobalt, but some of the first airbags used contained the equivalent to 8 sticks of explosives, and were very powerful.