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air bag light????

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#1 ·
yesterday my airbag light just came on while driving down the road. I turned the truck off and turned the key on and the light flashed 8 times the stayed on.. Why and what could this be.. With the light on could the airbag just go off at anytime?
 
#3 ·
I have never heard of an air bag just going off. Usually the air bag system is completely disabled if there is a fault, but with certain faults the control module will attempt deployment in case of an incident (accident).
There should be a code set, but Autozone only reads engine codes. You need to take it to a shop.
 
#7 ·
I know this is going to sound stupid: check and tighten your battery terminals and connections -

I had this going on for about 3 months. I finally took it into the dealer, fearing the worst. They quoted the worst, something about a sensor-this-control-that. All I heard was 800.00 for the part and minimum 150.00 install. I held off. After a couple of weeks, I was under the hood doing the "man-card" thing (looking, touching ... really nothin') and noticed the battery terminal was odd. I pulled out some tools (woohoo!), tightened everything up. I haven't seen that airbag light come on since (2+yrs).
 
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