Airbag light on

[camopaint0707]

For $75 I might as well tell them to just fix it and not bother scanning it.

[Ronnie Mund]

never good to go in blindly and try to fix a problem. To fix the problem they first have to find out what's causing the problem. No ethical mechanic is going to start throwing parts on a car when it's throwing a warning light. That's wasting your money, and wasting their time

[xintersecty]

I have a scan gauge. It did not pull a code.

Excellent! Sorry about my snippy post. I misread your post about going to the dealer. Here is a suggestion at the front of the car are the two bumper sensors. I would remove the battery, then disconnect one of the sensors, and then reconnect the battery to see if the system throws a scan code.

It should throw a scan code that way you can tell what's broken. Otherwise it's going through the schematic to see if it's a hard wired circuit OR straight to the computer. If all the related sensors are going to the computer and you don't have a scan code, then it might be forced to go the dealer.

[Ronnie Mund]

get it scanned by a certified gm dealership is the fastest way to get the problem solved.

[Chevy Customer Svc]

Hey Camopaint,

I am sorry to hear you are having this concern with your air bag light. Be sure to keep us posted on you dealership visit. If you need any assistance while at the dealership, please do not hesitate to reach out via private message. Be sure to include your name, VIN, phone number, and dealership name.

Erica Tiffany
Chevrolet Customer Care

[camopaint0707]

I under no circumstances, will ever provide you guys with my vin number.

[thankful_ragamuffin]

get it scanned by a certified gm dealership is the fastest way to get the problem solved.

The independent Napa Autopro shop I work at has two different brands of scanner that can read the airbag codes. Any professional shop would be the same. You have options other than he dealer toget it read and/or fixed.

[Ronnie Mund]

The independent Napa Autopro shop I work at has two different brands of scanner that can read the airbag codes. Any professional shop would be the same. You have options other than he dealer toget it read and/or fixed.

Some do, some don't. Down here in 'Merica a lot of independent shops do not keep up on the current scanners. I know when my airbag light went out, I went to two different shops, wasted about three hours of my life and they couldn't get the scanners to pull the code. I went to the dealership, they found the code and fixed the problem within 30 minutes.

[xintersecty]

What was code and problem Ronnie Mund?

[Ronnie Mund]

What was code and problem Ronnie Mund?

B1448 I believe. Which was the passenger airbag sensor that tells the airbag system if someone is or is not sitting in the passenger seat. I also had faulty connectors causing it to spike then short out. It happened around the 5 year mark/100,000 mile mark.

a good way to tell if that's your problem is turn the car on, and have someone sit in the passenger seat. If the passenger airbag light doesn't go off (the annoying yellow one), that's the problem.