I've not visited for a bit for various reasons, but now I have a lovely fault to sort out so thought I'd document..
Just ticked past 266,000km.
Out of nowhere airbag light accompanied with "SRS Airbag Service Urgent" message on the DIM. The only "event" I can pin it to is my 1 year old spewing in the back of the car, which may have had some impact on seat / belt wiring. Seems unlikely but I can't think of anything else that might be a trigger.
Just had codes read with one of those high-end Snap-on tools, and the airbag specifics I am getting are –
Both seem to be commonly associated with the airbag control module, and I understand these are very part # and model year specific. As my car has a few Frankenstein elements I have a few concerns, but this has not been an issue in the past two years so I hope I'm not going to regret swapping my seats and instrument cluster..!
There are a few other codes, mostly related to sorting out my steering angle sensor (one day..), and one related to seat belt reminder (
).
I suspect I will need to take the car to Volvo, but my first task is probably to pull out the driver and rear seat to check for any problems with sensor cabling etc, just in case. I've read a few things related to seat belt sensors etc.
Typically, rego is due on April 4th so I am pretty screwed for time. This has a slight feeling of "the end" about it – worried about the cost of this one..
