TeacherBarbie

Thank you to the above posts, especially Charlottesville. I will keep ya posted. The one thing I didn't know is once the car is in the VA "system" as not passing, you have to 'fix it' before you can get a sticker. The first mechanic shop is my go to choice but they do everything by the book : ) nice to have but in this situation not so helpful. The second mechanic has passed it in the past and had I known, I would have continued to go back. Fingers crossed or I may be taking a road trip to Charlottesville!

Well, second mechanic told me why I wasn't able to get the airbag light to flash. The first mechanic never put the original (supposedly broken/failed) module back in. Hmmm… that is weird. I have a module that the first mechanic said also didn't work. Going to have the second mechanic try it out & also talk to him about the clock spring. Fingers crossed my old Soob can buck up and get it together. I love this car, have put in a n engine in the past among many, many, other parts. Not going to give up now!

I'm with the last post, I could care less if the airbag light is on. I am short and sit with the seat all the way forward. This could actually pose a serious problem if the airbag actually did deploy. Unfortunately, Virginia requires a state inspection every year and this airbag light is causing my car to 'not pass'. At the point where I might just try to find a mechanic that will pass it as is. Thank you everyone for the info.

Update: Tried to get the airbag light to blink a code and it won't. It just stays on. Any thoughts? I'll do some more research but I am at a loss. If all else fails I'll take it to the mechanic and have him change the clock spring. Does it help at all if I tell you the mechanic tried to replace the computer module twice and both times the code still came up as airbag module? He didn't tell me the code number but I didn't ask.

Thanks for the help! Interesting that I shouldn't need to change the module at all… I have watched a few youtube videos about reading the codes. I will try it and let you know the end results. I don't have cruise control at all and the horn has worked when I needed it to. The one thing that may not work is the "ding ding" sound when I first start it up (the buckle up reminder) but I can't be certain that it doesn't work at all or is intermittent. Not sure if those are connected or not. I will do the code reading with help from the internet as suggested in other threads on the forum. Thanks again!

Hope someone has a few ideas for me. I have a 95 Impreza wagon (241,000+ miles most of which I have put on!) The airbag light is stuck on, it won't pass my state inspection, my mechanic has tried to replace the airbag computer module twice (both times with used modules (a new one from Subaru is $350 no way!). My question is, could this be something else since 2 different used computer modules have not "fixed" the problem. A side note, the second used part I had sent to me from WA state. I trust my mechanic shop but not to the point that I'm going to roll over and be helpless. Any ideas?