{"id":33903,"date":"2021-03-16T19:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/?p=33903"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:14:43","slug":"what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do If Your Airbag Light Comes on: Our Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever you hit the road, there is nothing more alarming than seeing your airbag light turning on suddenly. The chances are that it starts to illuminate on your dashboard, making you wonder if it will ever stop or if the airbag will still deploy in case of a car collision. When this happens, keep in mind that there\u2019s actually a problem with your airbag system, and if you get in an accident, your airbag system won\u2019t work at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To discuss this further, here\u2019s what you need to know and do if the airbag light comes on:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What causes the airbag light to come on<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, before we discuss what you need to do if your airbag light turns on, let\u2019s first understand why it happens in the first place. Below are common reasons your airbag light illuminates:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The airbag needs complete resetting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The airbags are deployed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a faulty seatbelt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pretensioners have malfunctioned.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a defective airbag clockspring.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a crash sensor fault.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data stored has been crashed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have dislodged wirings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a completely depleted battery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s miscommunication or no communication at all with the system.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at Safety Restore, our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/airbag-module-reset-service\/13299-srs-airbag-module-reset.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">airbag module reset<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> service reprograms your SRS module to factory condition. Our ultimate goal is to make the airbag computer as good as new and ensure your airbags will deploy in the event of a vehicle accident. If your airbag light illuminates due to one or some of the conditions mentioned above, we\u2019ve got you covered!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What to do if the airbag light comes on<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this point, you now know that the light comes on when there\u2019s a problem with the airbag system. So, the logical question is: what should you do if the light starts illuminating?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, the best course of action is to have your car inspected by a qualified mechanic. The professionals will then perform a vehicle diagnosis to determine the root cause of the problem and then make the necessary fixes. The rule of thumb is to only get back on the road once your airbag system is in working order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But before you get your vehicle diagnosed and fixed, here are a few crucial steps you will need to take:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>If you can get a breakdown service right away:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop driving as soon as you can in a safe place.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get in touch with your garage to recover your car.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have them perform the necessary diagnostic checks and necessary repairs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>If you need to drive to get into an auto mechanic shop:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drive as carefully and safely as possible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be wary of potential hazards on the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be mindful of other vehicles and motorists on the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your vehicle inspected and the airbag module reset.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You now know that the airbag light turning on usually means that there\u2019s a problem with your airbag system. When this occurs, be sure to take note of those common problems mentioned above, and then stop driving further, and head off to the nearest auto mechanic shop. After that, you should only start driving again once your airbag system is fully diagnosed and fixed. Ultimately, your safety and that of your passengers must always be a top priority!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We offer pre and post-accident services, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/airbag-module-reset-service\/13299-srs-airbag-module-reset.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">airbag module reset<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, webbing replacement, instrument cluster repair, and seat belt repair in Westfield, MA. If your airbag light comes on unexpectedly, check our package and add it to your cart now!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you hit the road, there is nothing more alarming than seeing your airbag light turning on suddenly. The chances are that it starts to illuminate on your dashboard, making you wonder if it will ever stop or if the airbag will still deploy in case of a car collision.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1095,1150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airbag-repair","category-sr-removal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What to Do If Your Airbag Light Comes on: Our Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What to Do If Your Airbag Light Comes on: Our Guide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Whenever you hit the road, there is nothing more alarming than seeing your airbag light turning on suddenly. The chances are that it starts to illuminate on your dashboard, making you wonder if it will ever stop or if the airbag will still deploy in case of a car collision.&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Safety Restore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-16T19:17:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-24T16:14:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pexels-vinnie-zoppi-5605986-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Safety Restore\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logoc-1.svg\",\"caption\":\"Safety Restore\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Safety Restore\",\"description\":\"Airbag Reset &amp; Seat Belt Replacement\/Repair\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pexels-vinnie-zoppi-5605986-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2048,\"caption\":\"airbag\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/\",\"name\":\"What to Do If Your Airbag Light Comes on: Our Guide\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-16T19:17:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-24T16:14:43+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d626451ed96030155b7c38dbda2948ce\"},\"headline\":\"What to Do If Your Airbag Light Comes on: Our Guide\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-16T19:17:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-24T16:14:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#webpage\"},\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#primaryimage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Airbag Repair,SR-Removal\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-airbag-light-comes-on-our-guide\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d626451ed96030155b7c38dbda2948ce\",\"name\":\"Artem Martynyuk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78b2bd2931208418540957829b1d7c37a056b910a428cfb8ae33553eb5e86f4c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Artem Martynyuk\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33905,"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33903\/revisions\/33905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safetyrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}