Hi All,
First post. I have an 04 Camry and after braking hard, the airbag light is on and the passenger airbag light shows its off. The dealer wants $89 to look at it. Is there a way to reset it without that? Does anyone know anyone in NorCal, CenCal or SoCal that would do it for me for cheap?
Thanks, Alex
It is not under warranty?
Why would Toyota want to charge you to under warranty to examine a malfunction light that comes on?
Drunken Panda wrote:
My Camry has 105K miles on it. I think it is out of warrenty.
Check your Sunday newspaper. Some auto parts stores advertise they will read the computer for codes at no or low charge.
It's not a computer code - it's an air bag light. The air bag light monitors functioning of the air bag system which is comprised of various sensors, plus the wiring, monitoring and activation. Your car is newer, but on mine the sensors are in each of the two front fenders, and in the console. If you're getting a warning light on hard braking, sounds like a sensor that is designed to respond only to a high threshold of deceleration force is registering too early - not enough to set off the air bag, but enough to trigger the diagnostic light.
Drunken Panda wrote: "Does anyone know anyone in NorCal, CenCal or SoCal that would do it for me for cheap? " So, Panda, do you like to be paid less than you're worth? The air bag system is supposed to save you from serious injury or death. Sounds like the computer diagnostic portion of the air bag system has detected a fault and you either need to ignore the warning light, or fix it properly. Just resetting the light may not be of much value, but if you search independent mechanics, anyone with a Toyota shop manual can reset the light. Chances are, it came on for a reason, and will simply re appear after a re set. FWIW - in earlier models, it was reported to go something like this: =============================================== Use two short grounding wires, [engine diagnostic port] one at TC and one at AB, then
I approximated the time between grounding TC AND AB (roughly .5 to 1 sec) and then held Tc to ground and the light flashed continously..I removed the ground from TC and Voila' problem solved.I took me two tries....not too bad.Thanks Alot.
I figured if there really was a problem, it would come back on after I reset it. I am a poor college student and want to find a cheaper solution.
Autozone will not do airbag work.
Thanks, Alex
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