1997 honda civic 4dr ex
 

Hi...

My airbag (SRS) light is on all of the time. What could be the cause of
this?

thanks...

Jeff

Re: 1997 honda civic 4dr ex
 

"Jeff Tingley" <jtingley@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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: Hi...
:
: My airbag (SRS) light is on all of the time. What could be the cause of
: this?
:
: thanks...
:
: Jeff
:
This happened to me in my '00 Accord last year. Turned out to be a problem
with a seat belt mechanism, not the air bag at all. Go to Autozone or
somewhere and get the code read for free, or take it to the dealer -- it may
be covered under the seat belt warranty. Mine was.

Paul

Re: 1997 honda civic 4dr ex
 

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:05:17 GMT, "Paul"
<paulDONTSPAMMEmueller@mindspring.com> wrote:

>
>"Jeff Tingley" <jtingley@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>news:mIeLd.222164$Np3.9293208@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>: Hi...
>:
>: My airbag (SRS) light is on all of the time. What could be the cause of
>: this?
>:
>: thanks...
>:
>: Jeff
>:
>This happened to me in my '00 Accord last year. Turned out to be a problem
>with a seat belt mechanism, not the air bag at all. Go to Autozone or
>somewhere and get the code read for free, or take it to the dealer -- it may
>be covered under the seat belt warranty. Mine was.
>
>Paul
>
autozone can't scan SRS codes they are proprietary. take it to the
dealer, on a 97 it could be several things. did you battery go nearly
dead lately?
Chip

Re: 1997 honda civic 4dr ex
 

chip <hs4797@brevard.net> wrote in
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> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:05:17 GMT, "Paul"
> <paulDONTSPAMMEmueller@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Jeff Tingley" <jtingley@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:mIeLd.222164$Np3.9293208@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>: Hi...
>>:
>>: My airbag (SRS) light is on all of the time. What could be the
>>: cause of this?
>>:
>>: thanks...
>>:
>>: Jeff
>>:
>>This happened to me in my '00 Accord last year. Turned out to be a
>>problem with a seat belt mechanism, not the air bag at all. Go to
>>Autozone or somewhere and get the code read for free, or take it to
>>the dealer -- it may be covered under the seat belt warranty. Mine
>>was.
>>
>>Paul
>>
> autozone can't scan SRS codes they are proprietary.



Don't you mean "enhanced"?

Enhanced OBD-II codes start with P1 instead of P0, and are not subject to
the standardization rules that P0 codes are, so the manufacturer can make
them mean whatever they want. But as I understand it, they are still
readable with the usual scanners that anybody has.

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Re: 1997 honda civic 4dr ex
 

"TeGGer®" <tegger@istop.c0m> wrote in message
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: chip <hs4797@brevard.net> wrote in
: news:m2otv097spqmdpm9hpj9p9p9pl130mf4pa@4ax.com:
:
: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:05:17 GMT, "Paul"
: > <paulDONTSPAMMEmueller@mindspring.com> wrote:
: >
: >>
: >>"Jeff Tingley" <jtingley@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
: >>news:mIeLd.222164$Np3.9293208@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
: >>: Hi...
: >>:
: >>: My airbag (SRS) light is on all of the time. What could be the
: >>: cause of this?
: >>:
: >>: thanks...
: >>:
: >>: Jeff
: >>:
: >>This happened to me in my '00 Accord last year. Turned out to be a
: >>problem with a seat belt mechanism, not the air bag at all. Go to
: >>Autozone or somewhere and get the code read for free, or take it to
: >>the dealer -- it may be covered under the seat belt warranty. Mine
: >>was.
: >>
: >>Paul
: >>
: > autozone can't scan SRS codes they are proprietary.
:
:
:
: Don't you mean "enhanced"?
:
: Enhanced OBD-II codes start with P1 instead of P0, and are not subject to
: the standardization rules that P0 codes are, so the manufacturer can make
: them mean whatever they want. But as I understand it, they are still
: readable with the usual scanners that anybody has.
:
I don't know what the situation with AutoZone is, but I had mine scanned
first by an independent shop and they told me it was the seat belt problem.
That shop and the dealer both listed the code as 9-3 on the receipts I got.
I don't know what the P1/P0 code was. In any case, the fix was a seat belt
buckle, covered under the lifetime seat belt warranty.

Paul

Re: 1997 honda civic 4dr ex
 

this could be from any bad SRS component or a component being disconnected.
a bad SRS control unit, steering cable reel. airbags, impact sensor. belt
buckle switch....etc...... If you have an extended warranty, check to see id
srs components are covered. which i doubt.
"Jeff Tingley" <jtingley@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Hi...
>
> My airbag (SRS) light is on all of the time. What could be the cause of
> this?
>
> thanks...
>
> Jeff
>
>