Service light!

[Ryo14]

have a mk2 ph1 clio, cannot get the service light off! the service light and the passenger airbag light always come on together, the garage couldnt get rid of it either! ne ideas?

 

[DrR]

Looks under the drivers and passenger seats, there will be wires coming from under the seats going into the floor, check the connector on theses, give it a wiggle.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Have a look under the passenger seat, should be a couple of wires, give them a wiggle about, see if that makes them go off.

If not you'll need to do some DIY on the wires to make it stay off.

 

[Christophe]

^^^ as above.

 

[MATT BLACK]

The wires come from the airbag computer and run to the seatbelt pre-tensioners ( seatbelt anchor ) in the event of an accident a small current is sent to these pretensioners firing them off ( a small explosive detonated which causes the anchor to retract about 4inch. In return this pulls / tightens your seatbelt strapping you into the car. When you move the seat forward / backwards to allow passengers in the back it can cause the connections to come loose creating the problem you now have. It can easily be repaired by checking the wiring and soldering any connections which are loose. In return this will knock your warning lights off.

If you have had an accident at some stage this may have caused the pretensioner to have fired off already ( is one higher than the other / both off them low down ?? ) if this is the case you will have to have the car diagnosed on a clip diagnostic to check which circuits have broke. These will need replacing and also a new air bag computer will have to be fitted as once these have fired off there not reprogrammable.