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The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the air bags warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but it was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and the manufacturer stated the vehicle needed to be diagnosed. The failure mileage was 264,000.
The air bag light is constantly on. When I turn the car on the passenger restraint light goes on to show restraint system off.. however when there is nobody sitting in front seat the light goes out and it should stay
Air bag light is on continuously after starting (light goes out for 6" at ignition to on). It throws the code B1448. I can reset it with my scanner, but it returns after a week.
- Tucson, AZ, USA
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Air bag warning light remained on after initial startup display. Code reader indicated B1511 code, short between driver side seat belt buckle and battery. Further evaluation demonstrated that seat belt warning light did not display at all, whether belt was buckled or unbuckled. Internet research suggests that this fault may prevent air bag from functioning in the event of an accident. To evaluate further, airbag warning light was reset to check for recurrence. Code recurred. It was noted that code could be prevented and seat belt warning light would display properly if the driver seat belt buckle was pressed downward and slightly toward the driver. This was consistent with observation that following a reset, air bag light recurred when vehicle turned left, causing driver to shift against buckle. Intermittent failure of seat belt light was observed while vehicle was parked and also moving slowly. Driver is unwilling to remove seat belt during highway driving to evaluate further. Hyundai motor America has denied responsibility for repair of this safety issue. Internet searches indicate that this is not an isolated occurrence, and further that there have been recalls on vehicles built on the same or similar platform.
Car airbag warning light has been on intermittently while car was in factory warranty (bumper to bumper, 5 year 60K miles). Reported to dealer while within warranty, dealer only cleared it without investigating cause. Warning light intermittently on and off over the years, but never thought it a problem until 2018 MA state inspection would fail if airbag light on. Had code read at Hyundai dealership and came out as B1448, occupant classification mat defect. Researched and found same code was recalled in 2007, 2008 for sonata, but not for my Santa Fe. Contacted Hyundai usa and requested they replace it for free. They declined and blamed me for not further pursuing it while vehicle was within warranty.
Air bag light will not go out. I have reset the alarm code and in it just comes back when someone sits in the passengers seat. This is an issue with a lot of Hyundai sante fe's
Air bag light keeps coming on and off(every day, several times on a 30-45 mins drive ) on dashboard as I am driving on regular basis.. seems like airbag won't deploy while light is on, and if there is an accident and light is on I think the driver airbag will not deploy. Hyundai dealers already know the issue and apparently is a bad electric connection on the seat belt click that needs to be replace... they are willing to "diagnose it" for $125.. but many people says the cost of repair is $490. They wont acknowledge is a defect on the wiring and want people to pay for it.is very scary driving knowing that my airbag may not deploy
A couple of weeks ago, my airbag light was intermittent. This lasted for a couple of days. Currently, my the light goes off for a second when starting the vehicle. Then, it is on all of the time.
The airbag light keeps going on and off, then it stays on, had it checked and nothing was wrong with the airbag, vehicle was stationary, in motion in temple tx, on the street and on the highway.
The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who made unknown repairs. However, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,000.
Air bag light is on. Repair center said its a sensor and will cost several hundred dollars to fix. Shop indicated that this is a very common problem with this make and model. I am very upset that this issue has not been recalled due to the apparent enormity of the issue.
Air bag red light on failed to turn off after first starting the engine (normally it would turn off after about 5 secs after starting the engine) and remained on at regular driving speeds. It never went off regardless of speeds ranging from 0 (standing still) to 70 mph (the latter speed on interstate highway). It never went off regardless of whether or not a person was in the passenger seat. I took the car to the dealership, where it was purchased. After diagnostic tests, I was told by the service representative the problem was a bad sensor in the passenger's seat, and it would cost about $2,600 to fix it. Since the seat would have to be taken apart to fix the sensor, a replacement seat would probably have to be ordered, thus the high cost.. I was also told that since the airbag light now remains on, the air bag system is no longer functional and the airbags will not deploy as designed. I did not elect to fix the sensor because of the expense and also needing to fix the air conditioner, which cost over $600. I am now driving a vehicle without a functional airbag system.
Air bags light is always lit on the dash. The sensor in middle of dash recognizes someone getting in the passengers side but per local shop there is a short in the SRS system under the passengers seat. Because of this, the air bags are disabled on passengers side.
2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. The passenger's side air bag is on-off warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the passenger's side tracking position sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 42,000 and the current mileage was 53,000. I took the car again to the dealer and give the information about the recalls of the airbags (OCS). And the dealer said that I have to replace the seat completely and have to paid by my own.
The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that the passenger's side air bag on-off warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the passenger's side tracking position sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 85,000.
Like many others the air bag indicator light comes on and stays on for no reason just as millions of others have stated. This is a defect especially when it comes to air bags.
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- Euclid, OH, USA