Can't figure out how to activate passenger airbag

parb · May 26, 2024

Hi all,

I have the light "passenger airbag off" persistently on. It's to the point that I find it annoying to drive the car at night with the light on. It always looks like this:

I've seen several threads where they say that park the car and with the engine running and parking brake active you can active the passenger airbag in the settings menu. I can't find any setting letting me enable the airbag.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

rovie · May 26, 2024

parb said:
Hi all,

I have the light "passenger airbag off" persistently on. It's to the point that I find it annoying to drive the car at night with the light on. It always looks like this:
View attachment 7858036

I've seen several threads where they say that park the car and with the engine running and parking brake active you can active the passenger airbag in the settings menu. I can't find any setting letting me enable the airbag.

View attachment 7858037

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

Hi @parb. Select Vehicle functions in the Settings menu and scroll down. You can then switch the front passenger airbag on or off. You must have the handbrake on, otherwise the field will be greyed out and you will not be able to operate it.

Eric · May 26, 2024

parb said:
Hi all,

I have the light "passenger airbag off" persistently on. It's to the point that I find it annoying to drive the car at night with the light on. It always looks like this:
View attachment 7858036

I've seen several threads where they say that park the car and with the engine running and parking brake active you can active the passenger airbag in the settings menu. I can't find any setting letting me enable the airbag.

View attachment 7858037

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!

Scroll down, that's not the bottom of that sub menu.

CountyV8 · May 26, 2024

Don't you have to also press the foot brake?

rovie · May 26, 2024

CountyV8 said:
Don't you have to also press the foot brake?

Yes @CountyV8 , I did not write this explicitly, as the display then shows that you should keep the foot brake depressed for 3 seconds.
But thanks for your tip!
@parb Just for you to add.

parb · May 26, 2024

I can't see it. This is the bottom of the vehicle functions sub menu.

anand · May 26, 2024

This may be a difference between MY23 and MY24, as the menus (and firmware) are not the same

Davman · May 27, 2024

After speaking to another forum guy, who has this problem, it was found out that the dealer had not given completed an Ineos airbag service campaign before he picked the car up.

anand · May 27, 2024

Davman said:
After speaking to another forum guy, who has this problem, it was found out that the dealer had not given completed an Ineos airbag service campaign before he picked the car up.

This wouldn't apply to the OP as the MY24 vehicles do not have that campaign

parb · May 27, 2024

I guess I got to take it to a dealer and have them figure it out. Too bad my closest dealer is in LA and I'm in San Francisco.

anand · May 27, 2024

parb said:
I guess I got to take it to a dealer and have them figure it out. Too bad my closest dealer is in LA and I'm in San Francisco.

I'm not sure there is anything to specifically "figure out", it may have been a menu item that was removed for MY24

parb · May 27, 2024

They need to figure out how to activate the passenger airbag.
It is required to be present by law, and it can only be deactivated with a special approval letter for that particular vehicle from nhtsa.

I don't think this is what I'm dealing with here, this has to be a defect.

wolftimj · May 27, 2024

You have to have an adult in the seat for it to be activated, don’t you?

anand · May 27, 2024

parb said:
They need to figure out how to activate the passenger airbag.
It is required to be present by law, and it can only be deactivated with a special approval letter for that particular vehicle from nhtsa.

From what my quick Googling has found, there is no requirement to be able to turn on a passenger airbag with an unoccupied seat. The airbag is automatically illuminated when there is enough weight detected in the seat.

I know my better half's MY23 Subaru has no method to perform this function manually.

Now, if you are saying that even with a passenger the airbag off light remains illuminated, then it is time for a dealer visit.

parb · May 27, 2024

Aha, new information. I'll check with a passenger in the seat.

Tom109 · May 27, 2024

anand said:
Now, if you are saying that even with a passenger the airbag off light remains illuminated, then it is time for a dealer visit.

@parb - I have noticed that the ON/OFF illumination is inconsistent in my Grenadier when a passenger is sitting in the seat. Sometimes ON, sometimes OFF, sometimes both - I'm about to put black headlight tape on it....

[ Adam ] · May 27, 2024

parb said:
Aha, new information. I'll check with a passenger in the seat.

This has all been about the airbag being off when there was no one in the seat?

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Ovrland Bill · May 27, 2024

Tom109 said:
@parb - I have noticed that the ON/OFF illumination is inconsistent in my Grenadier when a passenger is sitting in the seat. Sometimes ON, sometimes OFF, sometimes both - I'm about to out black headlight tape on it....

Yes, my only issue is with the BRIGHTNESS (particularly at night) of the message, regardless of whether it is indicating ON or OFF.

rovie · May 27, 2024

wolftimj said:
You have to have an adult in the seat for it to be activated, don’t you?

No. It works without a person in the seat.

parb · May 27, 2024

So airbag is ON when someone is sitting in the seat. When no one is in the seat it is OFF. I can't find a way to turn off the airbag in the menu regardless of someone is in the seat or not.

And the telltale light is much too bright for night driving. Always on.

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