pt cruiser air bag light?

Question

My 2002 PT Cruiser air bag light comes on when you usually first start the car and stays on for about 2 or 3 min. or comes on for a few minutes while you are driving. I took it to the dealer and they said they can't find any thing wrong. The light did not come on while the dealer had it.

Answer 1

On some cars, the fault is not stored when it is corrected (i.e. intermittent). What you need to do is take it in when the light is on, that way a fault can be pulled and a proper diagnosis can be made. With the light off, the computer is detecting no problems. It is like going to the dentist for a toothache and it goes away in the waiting room. The dentist isn't going to find a problem if there is no reference (pain).

Answer 2

if the light comes on this only means the airbag will not work in an accident now if it stayed on for more than a minute and the car detected a problem the car recorded this problem in its brain if you took the car to a Chrysler mechanic when he plugged it in he would have seen the code and knew the problem and been able to fix it it is only a sensor problem you have nothing that will harm the operation of your car i really dont like airbags so i would be glad it came on because i know it isn't working but if you feel safer get it fixed otherwise id ignore it

Answer 3

It should not stay on for more than a few seconds after the car is started. Find a dealer that knows how to repair vehicles, since apparently the one you took it to doesn't.

With the light on you are NOT protected.

It is probably a bad sensor.

Answer 4

most common failure on mopar vehicles related to air bag is airbag squib open/shorted ..could be drivers side or passenger side

Answer 5

Had a stratus that did the same thing, it was a bad sensor, check into that.