In my 2006 Envoy the service airbag warning and the airbag light came on. Is this something that I need to have checked? Or is it just a dummy light?
Service airbag
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Depends. Which light is it? There are two. One is to advise is a passenger is in the seat (there is a 2 in the symbol) and the other is an actual airbag problem and is red. If it's the latter, then it is a problem and the airbag may not deploy in a crash. You would need a high end scanner to get the codes to know what is going on.
Could be a few things that I can think of;
1. Chafed wire under driver's seat (if the light goes off if you move the seat back and forth that's your culprit)
2. Airbag module (under center console, can go bad if something has spilled and found it's way under there)
3. Airbag fuse has blown out
4. Front impact sensors. I haven't seen it happen on these trucks, but I have had to replace them twice on my Avalanche due to GM's *strategic* placement of sitting under the bumper where all the rain, mud, salt etc beat the thing until it fails from corrosion.
INNOVA makes a good scan tool, I had an issue with the airbag light on in my old Envoy that turned out to be caused by a blown fuse and a flaky front impact sensor.
1. Chafed wire under driver's seat (if the light goes off if you move the seat back and forth that's your culprit)
2. Airbag module (under center console, can go bad if something has spilled and found it's way under there)
3. Airbag fuse has blown out
4. Front impact sensors. I haven't seen it happen on these trucks, but I have had to replace them twice on my Avalanche due to GM's *strategic* placement of sitting under the bumper where all the rain, mud, salt etc beat the thing until it fails from corrosion.
INNOVA makes a good scan tool, I had an issue with the airbag light on in my old Envoy that turned out to be caused by a blown fuse and a flaky front impact sensor.
