(T) Airbag Failure Warning Light

Hi All

I have a Stilo Abarth which is displaying the 'Airbag Failure Warning' on the dash. On occasion it does disappear, for a very short periods of time, but most of the time its displayed. The car has not been hit and the airbags haven't, as of yet, deployed.

Is this a common fault ? is it easy to fix ?

Hello Dexys,

I frequently get the airbag warning light on, and other faults - it seems it is all part of the Stilo/FIAT electronics, and maybe over sensitivity. What happens when you first switch the car on? Does it say OK after it does all its internal checks?

Have you had the car put on Examiner at the local dealer, or at least approched them yet?

Stu

It goes through the system checks OK and then approx. 5-30 secs later beeps and up pops the warning.

No haven't taken it to the dealer yet....

i had this on my 1.6. it was the sensor in the passenger seat.

It will be a poor multiplug connection somewhere but your car has approx 8 airbags it will need a examiner read out to i.d. the cause, the favourite ones are the plugs under the seats (as previously mentioned) but dont go fiddling with them just get the dealer to rectify.

Ditto on my abarth.

Also ditto on my 1.6 they replaced the occupant sensor and on a seperate occasion the wiring loom - eventually it stayed fixed...

Take it the ealers asap...mine did the same and then the steering wheel controls went
took it in for an hour and now all is well...

at last some dealer knows how to f*****g fix things!!!!

Be aware,

I had the AA out to mine for a sensor warning light and he told me that if ever the airbag warning light came on pull over and get towed to a dealer because the Stilo is the only car that when the airbag warning light illuminates theres a likelihood the bag will inflate.

Many thanks,

It'll be off to the dealers ASAP.

Thanks for the advice and help.

Philmgro, don't listen to that AA bloke, that was a load of crap.

If you read the Stilo CD (bear in mind it is all based on the BOSCH EBD II, fitted to BMW's etc), if an Airbag component is suspected of failing, the Airbag Node is deactivated completely. It's quite the opposite; have a collision, and NO airbags will be deployed.

i have had mine a month now it is a 53 reg (jan 2004) and it has happened twice I rung my dealer up (derby) and he said it could be a bigger job or a peice of piss job
It was in the end a wiring loom underneath the drivers seat (load sensor) and if you nunged it, it would go on or off but would correct it if it was on

Hope this helps people

J

Yep, it's happening to me again. While you wait to get it looked at press the menu button and the warning display and annoying beeps de-activate.

Firstly, airbags are a 'fail safe' system, which means if they fail, they will be deactivated and hence can't operate.

I've had this problem a couple of times, first time a fiddle under the seat sorted, but second time the dealer need to clear the fault.