Renault Diagnosis - Airbag Ring :(

[alastair_drake]

Have had the airbag light appear on my dash on and off now for about a month. A few people told me it would more than likey be the wiring under the seat requiring attention but when I took it in to Renault for its service they told me I had to have the airbag ring replaced and it would cost £120+ to sort out!

Can anyone give me any advice or recommendations on this issue. your help would be greatly appreciated.

P.s Any specialists local to Wolverhampton / Birmingham would also be great.

Thanks in advance.

Al

 

[edde]

Copied from here
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=108607

Seat belt warning light

The SERV and AIRBAG lights come on its a common problem (almost every has it) its due to the wiring of the pretensioners going to an open circuit. Fiddle with the wires under the seat an the problem will go away.
On the early cars the solution is to look under each of the seats. You will see a grey connector.
On the passenger side disconnect it and cut the Blue and Brown wires off both sides. Then solder the Blue wire to blue, and the Brown to the other brown. Make sure you use insulating sleeves over the soldered connections..
Under the driver seat there are two pairs of wires in the grey connector.. Only cut the Blue and Brown wires and solder them together as above.. Reconnect the connector..
On the facelift cars it is ONLY the passenger side connector that is affected.. So again cut and solder the Blue and brown wires.

 

[browno]

Our 182 had that replaced 4 times under warranty in the first 1000 miles! (and it didn't get rid of the lights - until I took it to another dealer and they reset the ECU and cleared it straight away...)

 

[alastair_drake]

Cheers for the advice.

Al