ThosL Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I have had the red light on with the Airbag for a long time. No history of deployments with that. The state inspection passed; someone from NY wants to buy the 1996 Brighton, was a little concerned about the light. I think the fuses were checked and don't think I still have a problem one. Thanks for input on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike104 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Airbag light on means a fault in the system and the airbags won't deploy in a crash. Could be a crash sensor, control unit or an air bag. I was able to fix my 03 Forester by putting in a unit from a pull and pay. I do believe their is a method to pull the fault codes out but I don't recall how its done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThosL Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 As far as I know it is not defective as the light went on, a long time ago without cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 if the light is on, there is something in the system that is causing it. the light does not come on for no reason whatsoever. a bad sensor, bad wiring, damage to the control unit (moisture or something) - something caused the light to trip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike104 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 22 hours ago, heartless said: if the light is on, there is something in the system that is causing it. the light does not come on for no reason whatsoever. a bad sensor, bad wiring, damage to the control unit (moisture or something) - something caused the light to trip. And if the Airbag light is ON the airbags WILL NOT deploy in an accident 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThosL Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 This was definitely a mechanic's job; I dropped it off and he did the airbag and an exhaust leak, so hopefully the car will be ok for now as I have been trying to sell it. It is running too well to sell for only $1300 IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 That’s he one in New Canaan , right ? Man that thing won’t sell , and it’s crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThosL Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 I had several offers at $900; some sellers assume as a Subaru the HGs are a ticking timebomb, but it is a 2.2. A couple guys are interested now at around the asking price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo F Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Try unplugging and replugging the connector under the driver's seat a few times. It solved this problem on our '98 Legacy GT. Prior to doing that I was able to pull a fault code of 12 (the airbag ECU is more like an OBD1 where you need to jumper a wire between two pins in a connector under th edash and count the blinks of a light to get the code). The error code I pulled was very general and didn't identify what was wrong. I was told dealers may have an apparatus that can be hooked up to older Subaru's to figue it out. I'm glad it was only the coinnector in my case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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