AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON... NEED HELP PRONTO!

x1N5AN3x50ULJAHx · Feb 15th, 2008, 10:51 AM

I have a 2004 Nissan Frontier XE King Cab. So here is the situation... I went to get my deck changed at my cousin's house earlier, and when he was finished I noticed the air bag warning lights was flashing. I found out it was flashing NOT because there is something wrong with it, but because my cousin pulled the plug to the passenger air bag switch when the ignition was turned to ON while he was changing my deck for me. And I read clearly in the manual that he wasn't suppose to tamper with the passenger air bag switch while the ignition was turned to ON or it will cause the light to flash. ANYHOW... my question is... how do I get this damn light to stop flashing because it's bugging the crap out of me. I already tried disconnecting my battery cables and that didn't work. SO suggestions please?

supralative · Feb 15th, 2008, 12:27 PM

Give this a shot, not 100% sure it works but I saw it somewhere.

Here's the process to reset the air bag light (copied from somewhere else on the forum)... I tried it and it works.

If you have the airbag light, it will show steady for a few seconds (the manual says 7 secs) after you turn the key from off to on (but not start) and then start to flash. Here is how to reset it:

1. Turn the key from off to on.

2. Watch the airbag light closely. It will stay on for a few secs. and then as soon as it blinks off (the start of the flashing), turn the key off instantly.

3. Count to 5 (1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi . . . .)

4. Repeat steps 1-3 two more times until you have done the cycle three times.

5. Now turn the key on and watch the light. It will start blinking in a different, slower manner. This is diagnostic mode. You can watch this for a little while, no hurry.

6. Now turn the key off again, Count to 5 like in step 3 again, and turn back on. If the procedure worked, the airbag light will not be flashing.

If it does not work the first time, just repeat the steps again

svtsn8ke · Feb 15th, 2008, 06:29 PM

Just happen to me changing my deck on my '02 Frontier. That procedure worked perfectly for me!

Terry Farm · Apr 14th, 2008, 08:39 AM

Works on 2007 also. Thank you