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BlakSilvr Enthusiast

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Well, my airbag light had been flashing intermittently for the past couple of days, and then this morning it was solid, and my DIC read "Service Airbag Soon". And that is why I am now driving mom's Avalanche around and waiting for a call from the dealer. I was due for an oil change anyway, so I was able to kill 2 birds with 1 stone, at least. I just think its odd that I already had something like this happen (unless its a false code) since I've only had the truck since Sept and has a mere 5900mi on it. Anyone else experience this issue?

07 CC Sierra Enthusiast

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I had this happen once. I saw the message on the DIC the second I started the truck, then it died immediately. It started back up and never got the light again. I also get the service traction control message occasionally. But when I took it to the dealer, they said there was nothing to check since the messages had gone away and no codes were being thrown at the time. Very aggrevating since I had to have my truck retuned to the stock settings.

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

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I had this happen once. I saw the message on the DIC the second I started the truck, then it died immediately. It started back up and never got the light again. I also get the service traction control message occasionally. But when I took it to the dealer, they said there was nothing to check since the messages had gone away and no codes were being thrown at the time. Very aggrevating since I had to have my truck retuned to the stock settings.

 

 

I think that if a vehicle was taken to the dealer with a missing drive shaft they would stand around and shrug their shoulders if there wasn't a OBDII code.

Rocco715 Enthusiast

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I had the service airbag light come one when my truck was new. Turned out there was a short under neath the dash cuasing it to blow fuse #46.

jwhjr Enthusiast

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Mine was on in my 04 because the one of the wires to the Seat Position Sensor under the driver seat broke off. Poor design in my opinion, because if you need to move the seat alot (for me it's getting my kids in and out of the back seat) it's prone to break. Luckily, i had access to a scan tool and was able to pick up a new pin for the wire and fix it for a couple bucks.

07 CC Sierra Enthusiast

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I had the service airbag light come one when my truck was new. Turned out there was a short under neath the dash cuasing it to blow fuse #46.

 

 

I assume your light stayed on until the short was fixed and fuse replaced?

minibike132 Senior Enthusiast

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I think that if a vehicle was taken to the dealer with a missing drive shaft they would stand around and shrug their shoulders if there wasn't a OBDII code.

 

Bring it over to us we just unwrapped our j-32666 crystal ball and oujia board no more diagnosing we just ask the spirits now.

Lincoln30 Enthusiast

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Just wait until the message says "Service Airbag NOW!!!" and you'll be fine. :lol:

I agree with Hubbycap...if it doesn't throw a code the dealer is clueless even if the problem is obvious. Your problem is probably a bad sensor and if the light is staying on the code should be there for the dealer to see.

Rocco715 Enthusiast

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I had the service airbag light come one when my truck was new. Turned out there was a short under neath the dash cuasing it to blow fuse #46.

 

 

I assume your light stayed on until the short was fixed and fuse replaced?

 

 

 

Correct, the fuse actually blew twice. The first time the dealer just replaced it but the second which was the next day they found the short.

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

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I think that if a vehicle was taken to the dealer with a missing drive shaft they would stand around and shrug their shoulders if there wasn't a OBDII code.

 

Bring it over to us we just unwrapped our j-32666 crystal ball and oujia board no more diagnosing we just ask the spirits now.

 

 

 

Good one Mike, just being a smartass. :lol:

 

As these things increase in sophistication so does our reliance on computer controls, it would seem that transient errors would be stored for further study.

gvbhunt Enthusiast

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Is there some way for you to force it to save a snapshot of what is going on? A buddy of mine told me a while back that the Saturn dealer told him that if he turned the cruise on and off like three times and then did something else it would save a snapshot and that the dealer could see what was going on at that specific time.

 

BS or real?

minibike132 Senior Enthusiast

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it would seem that transient errors would be stored for further study

 

You and I would think so but they are stored on priority and we don't make the priorities the programming engineers do.

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

hubbycap

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it would seem that transient errors would be stored for further study

 

You and I would think so but they are stored on priority and we don't make the priorities the programming engineers do.

 

 

Well I guess items connected to life/safety are just a low priority. :thumbs:

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