Re: Air bag warning light

It is probably an electrical fault that can be corrected without replacing
the airbag(s). The most likely "worst case scenario" the unit may not work
in a collision and someone will die. Why not take it in and have it
inspected and the light reset? If it were me, I'd pay the price just to keep
the light from flashing - let alone having the equipment ready to save my
life in a collision! It's not like you are driving a Mack truck - a wee
roadster will lose in most collisions. Why risk it? Bite the bullet and
enjoy unclenched driving!
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Boreal
2001 LS 6 speed Silver/tan, Sport Suspension w/hard rear sway bar




"Fred Martin" <mfmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a 96 Miata, have had it for 11 years , it has over 110,000 great
miles on it, and we love it. About 2 years ago the air bag warning light
came on solid. At first I worried some about it, then just got used to it
and have basically ignored it. A couple of days ago it started flashing,
instead of being on solid. It goes through a sequence of 6 flashes then
does it again, over and over. Now this upsets the wife a lot more than
just being on solid so I checked into the repair manual and it says that
I could have a bad driver's side air bag, a bad SAS module, the clock
springs aren't making good contact, or a wiring problem. Basically it
calls out anything in the system. I don't feel comfortable messing with
something that could explode so I won't be troubleshooting it. I just
wonder if there is a danger of it going off while just driving or is it
just
not going to go off in a collision?

....Fred


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