Airbag SDM module under the parking brake/center trim. Kind of disconcerting. Possibly it's why my airbag light goes on repeatedly and is proportional to speed? Bought the car used so I have no idea if this is odd. My last SS did not have this mark so I ask, does anyone else have it?

 

mine has ok written on it in red lol

 

Well that makes me feel much better..not.

 

I want to say mine has an X on it too, I'll check in the morning.

 

Bumpage

 

Wow what a find. What kind of contradicting bad practice are we looking at here. Or some goof that installed a faulty part?

 

That doesn't mean it's bad, could just be a QC marking, as long as they marked it in some way it means it passed?

Odds are, if they are testing and fail an SRS component, it's IMMEDIATELY removed from service, that's way too much of a liability for the manufacturer.

 

Bad practice none the less. Using a X to signify it's good. Hence why we are here right now pondering. lol.

 

But when another member has an OK written on his it concerns me. I understand that it may be a QC mark but a big red X is not what I would have chosen to mark as a pass.

Car was bought used and has since uncovered lots of fun unknown problems. Considering it sounds like the previous owner was an idiot I think anything is possible...

 

i just looked at 2 diff modules both were written in red, one had 2 lines on it and the other had a "s"or "5".

i doubt it means anything.

 

I'd get it checked out. You are having airbag warning lights come on and are the only verified "X" so far.

 

just for your info, niether of my modules have the pass side airbags working.

 

Mine has a X on it to, and my airbag light comes on and off every once n a while , but then again my car was hit.

 

Okay so we have verified x's but all are faulty in some way or another. Not looking good so far :p

 

I'll have to take a look at mine later, but I almost bet its just different inspectors marks and if they're all one color (red) I would assume they all passed, I would guess GM does a color coated inspection marks

 

Red colour being a pass also weird. Why not blue or green. OP also notes his previous cobalt did not have any markings.

You'd think the inspections people would all follow the same procedures and have a universal code but I guess my expectations are too high. Having a jumble of different markings/no markings at all leaves chances for mistakes and errors. Some could've just needed simple rework and got pushed through the system and into cars.

I myself believe airbags to be a help I'd get it checked out within reasonable amounts of time.

 

That's what makes me hope my car wasn't in a off the record impact Amd then repaired and sold to me.

Basically if enough people can pull their parking brake up and pop that panel out and verify that it's a normal deal then I'd be okay with it. Just thought it was interesting to say the least.

Odd thing is that I just repaired my belt tension sensor myself since it had broken wires and it still hasn't changed the speed affected reoccurring light/chime. I already have a new retractor assembly on the way incase it is a fault inside the sensor itself but I thought this looked worth pursuing.

 

What if his previous car had a marking but it was on the bottom of the module and he never removed it to check for said mark? We wouldn't be having this conversation then. My guess is to check wires from the seats up to including the airbag wires in the steering wheel. I tore mine apart only to find a pinched wire that I corrected and no light since.

 

We use different colors and markings to signify different lines and shifts. There are only so many easy to identify color paint pens to choose from since when they get dirty the colors can look different than its supposed to.

 

Thought I recalled the color thing correctly, my cousin worked at a plant over a summer QC'ing the intertior parts of 08 cobalts and he had to initial in a certain color pen

 

We have 2 verified red x's from jrmotosports88 and salvagebaltSS. Both have airbag lights on. 1 has no passenger airbag and the other is verified previous wreck.

We have 1 written in red as "ok"

It's leaning towards not looking good and warranting further investigation. All other people are jut assuming not on the side of caution.

 

We make a control arm that has 4 different bushings types (coupe, sedan base, sedan sport, sedan luxury). They would all bolt up just like various cobalt arms. Each bushing is marked with a different color paint dot to keep them separate since you can't trust people to stock the line with the correct ones. If the dot doesn't match what should be in there the machine rejects the part. Ours are automaically rejected to prevent stupid people from passing it on also. I cant imagine something like that being much different. Outside of us, the bushing maker, and OEM the colors are meaningless.

 

i never had a "x", i said one had 2 lines, and the other had a "S" or "5". what i mean by 2 lines "ll"

 

Ah my bad. Still you got two malfunctioning passenger airbags right?

 

correct. i personally believe what ecaulk and emiller are saying. these cars have a pass side airbag issue. whether if it is a kinked wire or bad sensors the pass side never works for long.