Well, a couple of weeks ago, I got caught out with my doors off and back window removed in a hard rain and drove about 20 miles home in it. I let it dry out for a few days and when I went to drive it, the airbag light was on. Not sure if the getting the dash soaked actually had anything to do with it, but it's sure suspicious and that light is annoying as heck.
After borrowing an OBD scanner that reads air bag systems, I checked for codes and got a reading for the passenger airbag squib having an open circuit. I quickly found out that the OBD reader wouldn't let me erase the code. So I pulled the scanner and started the LJ back up and the darn light was glowing like some demon's eyeball. I shut the engine back off and figuring that open circuit means not getting power, I checked the fuses. Both were good but I did rub the contacts around on my shirt tail to "clean" them.
Since I had the glove box out and the fuses laying on the floorboard, I felt around up behind airbag and found the connector to it. I didn't disconnect it, but I did wiggle it around a bit before putting the fuses back in. Started the Jeep back up and darned if light didn't go out. Now, in my research into the problem there was mention of it being a 2 to 5 hundred dollar repair to have it fixed. My wallet was trying to hide on that idea. I've got to make a 70+ mile round trip this afternoon, so it seems like it'd be a good time to take the Jeep out and see if that light behaves. I'll let yall know if it doesn't.
After borrowing an OBD scanner that reads air bag systems, I checked for codes and got a reading for the passenger airbag squib having an open circuit. I quickly found out that the OBD reader wouldn't let me erase the code. So I pulled the scanner and started the LJ back up and the darn light was glowing like some demon's eyeball. I shut the engine back off and figuring that open circuit means not getting power, I checked the fuses. Both were good but I did rub the contacts around on my shirt tail to "clean" them.
Since I had the glove box out and the fuses laying on the floorboard, I felt around up behind airbag and found the connector to it. I didn't disconnect it, but I did wiggle it around a bit before putting the fuses back in. Started the Jeep back up and darned if light didn't go out. Now, in my research into the problem there was mention of it being a 2 to 5 hundred dollar repair to have it fixed. My wallet was trying to hide on that idea. I've got to make a 70+ mile round trip this afternoon, so it seems like it'd be a good time to take the Jeep out and see if that light behaves. I'll let yall know if it doesn't.
