Anybody have problems with the airbag warning light staying on? If so, what was the cause? Mine comes on, stays on. Don't want to deal with the hassles of dropping it off at the dealer over 30 miles away.

 

I get that lamp intermittiently. Same with the seat belt lamp. "Inspection 1" is coming up soon, so I'll bring it up then. I've had this problem for over a year.

August 03 Cooper

 

Do a search, plenty written about it here is one thread.

Results of airbag wiring harness https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...earchid=475721

Take it in...I was told that when that light is lit some of the airbags may not deploy properly.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...772#post550772

 

Do you have anything in the passenger seat when it comes on? I find if my purse and something else or my laptop is in the front seat, the light will stay on. I assumed it was telling me there was weight there but not enough trigger the airbag.

 

Nothing was in the seat and I have had plently of lightwt. object in the seat w/o it becoming illuminated. My understanding is if the light is on there is a problem/fault, (others, feel free to chime in). I would assume it is the wiring harness that has been reported over and over, search away.

You could always call your friendly Mini dealership, talk to a service advisor and see what they think. Good luck.

 

My stepmom used to have an 02 MCA that everntually did that. I don't remember what the cause was but the dealer told her that whatever was wrong with it would cause the airbag to not deploy in case of a collision. It may be a hassle to bring it that far but you definetly wanna get it checked out.

 

Definitely take it in - your system is disabled! You may run into insurance problems if anything happens, and they see you were warned - and you never know when you WILL need them to deploy!

 

Thanks all for your comments. I have a few other issues piling up that I 'll give to the service folks to handle all at the same time (thankfully mostly small stuff). Been driving for over 37 years, well over half a million miles, flipped a couple of race cars, and seen my wife's face scraped up badly by an airbag in a slow speed collision, so I'm not a real fan of airbags anyway. If it were up to me, I'd strip the airbags out to save some weight, and install a 6 point seat belt and side supporting head restraint. I dare any airbag to outperform a cage and harness. Oops, time for my meditation (nooo, not medication)......