Airbag light?

[vroom20]

I have a 97 XJ. My airbag light is on and won't turn off. I imagine when I tore my dash apart last year for some A/C work, I triggered this to happen. I have tried to reset it at Midas but it didn't take. They wanted to diagnose it by taking me to the poor house. Naturally, I like to do things myself before sending the work out. Does anyone have insight on why it would be on or what I can do about it?

[fredjacksonsan]

I'd think that a connection under the dash isn't connected; you will likely have to take the dash out, and make sure it's reconnected.

[vroom20]

You are probably right about a bad connection. I am kind of concerned that it might be a mechanical error in the steering column (I have no reason to think this, but just do). When pulling out the dash to check the connections, should I pull the whole thing out like before or can I access all the necessary connection points by removing only some of the plastic?

[fredjacksonsan]

I'd be looking at what you worked on earlier....if it's just a couple panels to remove to get at everything, then there's no need to take the entire dash out.

[Indy Tech]

Originally Posted by vroom20

I have a 97 XJ. My airbag light is on and won't turn off. I imagine when I tore my dash apart last year for some A/C work, I triggered this to happen. I have tried to reset it at Midas but it didn't take. They wanted to diagnose it by taking me to the poor house. Naturally, I like to do things myself before sending the work out. Does anyone have insight on why it would be on or what I can do about it?

Get an ABS scann and Scann for codes you will get to the problem faster
otherwise before you know it you will have the whole dash out again.