only had my subie for about 8 months now and this is the second time this has happened. first time the airbag light came on it only stayed on for a couple of days. thought something might be up but it shut off before i got to worried. well today the light comes back on and now has me kinda worried. has anyone else had this problem and if so what can i do

 

Hmmm. Do you have an aftermarket bucket seat? Try and check to see if the connection came loose.
Also, could be the steering wheel for the actual airbag as well. Be careful when taking it all apart, as you don't want to trigger the bag.
Otherwise, take it in to service.

 

na no aftermarket seats and dont really mess around under the seat, will check connections though.

 

did you buy the car new or used? the airbag connector is a tricky one. if you bought the car new i'd take it in if you didn't do many electrical modifications to your car. If it's used then possibly the previous owner might have removed the difficult connector and replaced it with less secure connectors causing your airbag light to trigger when it can't verify the continuity of the bag being there.

if you're going to venture there yourself... i'd disconnect the negative side of the battery first before tinkering.

 

Yeah, sounds like a loose connector or faulty airbag. The light being on is NEVER something to ignore. Take the car to get looked at.

 

the car is 100% bone stock down to the stereo. i bought the car used with only 17000 miles on it so maybe it could have been previous owner. think i will get in this weekend and check it out. thanks for the help, still on my way learning about electrical systems.

 

ok i dont know abotu other years, but this is what happend to me

airbag light kept coming on and off, didnt knwo what was up. took it in to the stealership

i dont know about the 04-05 but the 06-07 has a clock in the dash and it tells you if the pass. airbag is on or off based on weight

that clock and sensor is what was messing my airbag up. so they replaced it and it hasnt done it again since then

 

If you know somebody who has an AP, they can check the code for you. At least you'll know what it is. But like others have said, SRS are safety issues and cannot be ignored.

 

Mines was turning on and off because some crap in my car (Camera, tripod, tshirts, hats, cd's etc.) were getting stuffed under the passenger seat and messing with the connection. Once I cleaned up the car it turned off and hasn't turned on since.

 

just check on the drivers seat before heading home from work and all connections are good. will check passenger seat tomorrow and see what happens. hope it is something simple and i dont have to go to dealership and pay outragous fees.

 

my bag light came on a few months ago and i went under both my seats and squeezed the connections togther. light came off. sometimes it looks like its connected but its best to squeeze dat faka

 

+1 for the seat connectors!

 

If it only has 17k miles take it back to the dealership it should be still under warranty

 

hey guys thanks for all the help. finally went and crawled under the passenger seat and pushed the clips together, started up the car and the light finally goes off. thank god don't have to go to dealership. like i said before thanks for all the help everyone.