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ARAPAHO Airbags warning came on
sorry i posted this on wrong part of forum.. collected 16 plate Arapaho today and AIRBAGS warning light came on.. any ideas on rectifying please.. cheers albert
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Welcome to MHFacts Albert, love my Arapaho what a great bit of kit.
I have read on Facebook sites about recurring earth issues, also thread here........
https://forums.motorhomefacts.com/53...ml#post3059421
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Edit: Fiat Forum another good resource, a bit here....
https://www.fiatforum.com/ducato/296...r-bag-ecu.html
I have read on Facebook sites about recurring earth issues, also thread here........
https://forums.motorhomefacts.com/53...ml#post3059421
Terry
Edit: Fiat Forum another good resource, a bit here....
https://www.fiatforum.com/ducato/296...r-bag-ecu.html
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Look under the passengers seat, there are some very thin wires that go to a sensor in the seat (it tells the system if there’s a passenger seated so it knows whether to fire the passenger side airbag in a collision)
The wires can easily become detached from the plug and socket, if they do you will get the apwarning light come on. They are very easy to damage so be careful putting anything under the seat!
Just looked at the post linked to in the above. Seems I said exactly the same back then
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The wires can easily become detached from the plug and socket, if they do you will get the apwarning light come on. They are very easy to damage so be careful putting anything under the seat!
Just looked at the post linked to in the above. Seems I said exactly the same back then
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thank you.. much appreciated
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On the subject of air bags, last year I had a letter from Subaru, my 11 year old car manufacturer, to take the car to one of their garages to have new air bags fitted free of charge, if I didn’t get it done I would be driving it against the law and no insurance cover.
Needless to say It was done.
Needless to say It was done.
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hi terry... shouldve bought one in the first place to be honest... surprised with the performance.. though it might have been sluggish but its really nippy... thanks for the referral i'll check it out... cheers alb
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Do let us know the result won’t you? It might help someone else in the future.
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Just something I found out discussing such things with our technician,
those very thin wires not only sensitise the passenger airbags but also are concerned with firing a small charge that locks the seatbelt if the airbag deploys.
We don't have a passenger airbag (too old) but still have the same wires and the same charges in the pillar of the seatbelt mount to lock everything.
Once explained, the logic seems clear but until then I was totally in the dark and unaware that such things happened.
One warning is also tgat ALL of these things have a time limit and do need replacing, but to force do is horrendously expensive a/c our technician.... many thousands he believes for all to be done.....
those very thin wires not only sensitise the passenger airbags but also are concerned with firing a small charge that locks the seatbelt if the airbag deploys.
We don't have a passenger airbag (too old) but still have the same wires and the same charges in the pillar of the seatbelt mount to lock everything.
Once explained, the logic seems clear but until then I was totally in the dark and unaware that such things happened.
One warning is also tgat ALL of these things have a time limit and do need replacing, but to force do is horrendously expensive a/c our technician.... many thousands he believes for all to be done.....
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