Airbag light on, 94 325is

This car has never been in an accident, or even a slight tap on the frt., but the airbag light is now on. I don't remember when exactly it came on, but I'm hoping I don't have to take the steering wheel appart to figure out if it's a short or what. Is there any way to know other than that whether it's still working or it's just an idiot light malfunction? In fact, how would I know if I DID take the steering wheel apart? I sure don't want to set it off to find out!

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The Airbag light means the airbag system is inactive because of a fault somewhere in the circuit.

The computer will tell the technician where "somewhere" is, and he can reset the light, but there is no way to do a repair and have the light go out by itself, it must be reset.

The typical service requirement is the seat belt retractor switch and/or the passenger front seat sensor. My '94 had the light on to alert me that the light didn't work. I don't quite get why they would turn on a light that doesn't work to tell you that the light doesn't work, but my mechanic reset the circuit and the light never came on again.

I recently bought another '94 E36, and the light came on. My mechanic said it was a switch in the seat. He reset the circuit, and the light has not come back on. My guess is that your light just got a hair in its ass, and when reset it will remain off.

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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:28:18 -0700, "J Strickland" spewed:

Bummer.

Damn, that IS maddening huh!

Ah, so if reset it tests again and if OK stays off? Any way to reset it myself, or does it need a special electronic plugged into it?

Thanks much for the info!

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