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mojo

Member Since: 06 Feb 2010
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2010 Freelander 2 TD4_e S Manual Stornoway Grey

airbag warning light

This may be a stupid question but starting the car in the dark tonight noticed for the first time a passenger air bag off warning light coming on then going off in the light console above the windscreen. Is this normal? Can someone check next time they start up? Also had a fuel gauge glitch as well. Cheers, mojo.

26th Oct 2010 9:45 pm

Pegleg

Member Since: 15 Apr 2010
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Mojo,
Yes, it's quite normal. If the passenger airbag is deactivated the light in the roof stays on. It's all in the owners manual.

26th Oct 2010 9:48 pm

mojo

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Cheers Pegleg. Should've checked the manual, just assumed it was a fault as had never noticed it before. Gotta say it's a daft place for a warning light!

26th Oct 2010 10:05 pm

Pegleg

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Mojo,
Nope, it's not a fault.
And i agree, the pass airbag warning lamp is in a silly place; as if the boys at Gaydon couldn't decide where to put it!!
If you remember at the time of FL2 development, pass airbag deactivation on all cars was a big issue. Maybe it was something approaching an afterthought?

26th Oct 2010 10:32 pm

W.D.C.A.P.H.

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Afterthought, probably, so you'd notice it when checking your RV mirror. We Don't Care About Pot Holes !!

27th Oct 2010 12:12 am

Pegleg

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Yeah, as if you would!!
And in daylight!
Daft idea isn't it?
The most important issue is what if a passenger is injured when the pass airbag is deactivated and the driver/owner states that he/she was not aware of any warning?

27th Oct 2010 12:21 am

chicken george

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And here was me thinking that the light was there so the passenger could see it too? He/she has a vested interest in that airbag At work
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27th Oct 2010 7:27 am

mojo

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If I've been driving it for a year and only just noticed it then I doubt a passenger would have a clue it was there either! It's a bad design as an important warning like that should be in front of the driver on the dash.

27th Oct 2010 9:38 am

Past master

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mojo wrote:
If I've been driving it for a year and only just noticed it then I doubt a passenger would have a clue it was there either! It's a bad design as an important warning like that should be in front of the driver on the dash.

It's there in case you fit a child seat over the airbag, in which case it must be deactivated. If the warning was in the instrument panel it would then be on all the time and drive you mad. I assume that if the airbag is simply not working, as opposed to deactivated, the normal SRS warning light will come on. I forget how to deactivate the passenger bag (I don't have a child seat) but it's in the handbook somewhere.

31st Oct 2010 5:11 pm

mojo

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I'd still want it in the dash so that I remembered to switch the airbag back on again. Where the light is at the moment is useless as you have to remember to look up to check it. LR take note if any of your designers are reading this, safety critical warnings where we can see them please! Anyway, it wouldn't remind you to de-activate the airbag as it goes off after a couple of seconds.

31st Oct 2010 7:47 pm

Past master

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mojo wrote:
I'd still want it in the dash so that I remembered to switch the airbag back on again. Where the light is at the moment is useless as you have to remember to look up to check it. LR take note if any of your designers are reading this, safety critical warnings where we can see them please! Anyway, it wouldn't remind you to de-activate the airbag as it goes off after a couple of seconds.

It's not a reminder to de-activate. It's a "reassuring" signal that the airbag has been deactivated and will not kill your child. It only goes off after a couple of seconds when test-lit on starting (like the other lights). If airbag deactivated it will stay lit. Anyone using a child seat regularly would, I imagine, automatically switch the airbag on and off once they got used to the routine. The reminder to deactivate it is on the side of the gluv box - visible when fitting the child seat.

3rd Nov 2010 9:00 pm

mojo

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It's still in a stupid place.

4th Nov 2010 8:28 pm

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