Air bag light on ?

[Rockit]

02 4.4 83k
I've owned this truck for about 6 months......started up yesterday the air bag light came on and stayed on. When I first start it the light comes on than goes of for a second than stays on. I know..pull codes but is there any common problem for this. I hope it cycles off with the key eventually, can't imagine the air bag goes bad. I can imagine a $1,000 repair for a broken wire in the steering column.

I've owned many 7 series and picked this X5 up for winter only....it's had many many problems in those six months I've never experienced with a BMW before. I think I spent like 5k on the car so far. Thought I was getting a good deal and I did only to spend almost $1000 a month on maintenance Problems. While I can fix most problems myself I really don't want to get underneath a car anymore.

[tmv]

There's no easy fix when it comes to airbag light. You will need airbag reset tool. If the fault is there, it will light up again anyway.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. Did you have the maintenance history on the X5 when you bought it? What has been done?

[upallnight]

My came on this winter and I blame the Polar Vortex. Hopefully I'll get into sometime in the spring. I already read the code and tried resetting the module, but the light keep coming back on with the same code. I believe I need to either reseat the connector to the airbag or replace the SRS module in the console.

But since the PORSCHE and Lotuses don't have airbags I really prefer not to have an airbag exploding in front of my face and perhaps blinding me when my glasses breaks and shards of glass penetrate my eyeballs.

[Rockit]

Why the hell does it come on. Nothing was ever done, no accidents.

[tmv]

Maybe problem with the sensor(s)

[Helihover]

Month or so back our temps dropped down to 5-10 degrees and the airbag light came on during this time. Weather warmed back up, 30-40 degrees, and the light has stayed off.

[Rockit]

Heilover...big thanks....same thing going on here in NJ. Maybe just condensation on something. I see when I start the car the light try's to go off then comes back on. It's still cold here in NJ in 20's. No warm up insight.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by Rockit

Heilover...big thanks....same thing going on here in NJ. Maybe just condensation on something. I see when I start the car the light try's to go off then comes back on. It's still cold here in NJ in 20's. No warm up insight.

wishfull thinking on your part. Mine does the same thing. It comes on blink off and then comes back on. Get the fault(s) read.

[four.8is]

might be a sensor in the seat?
but i assume that would lit up along with passenger airbag off light too right?

[Helihover]

C'mon, we all need to be wishfull sometimes

I can't recall my light ever blinking though......