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Alright so I have a 1995 Chevy truck K1500 With the 5.7 I had gotten into an accident back in may and I did all the repairs myself. The air bag NEVER deployed but should have lol well after the accident I was checking everything over and I started the truck and it ran infact there were NO Check engine lights, ABS lights, Or even AIR BAG lights on NONE. Which surprised me lol I thought for sure some dash light would be on but NOPE! Well anyway so I started to tear into the damage and what I did was I tied the radiator core support to a power pole so I could pull it out since it was pushed in quite far. well when I did that the AIR BAG light FINALLY Came on I found out why. the airbag arming sensor located on the front passenger frame rail WAS hit in the accident and when I pulled the core support out the sensor just Disintegrated. well I bought another arming sensor off of a 1995 Chevy Tahoe and it worked. i stated the truck up and the AIR BAG light flashed like its suppose to and it went out. what i did then was turn the wheel from lock to lock just to make sure the front tires arnt hitting anything then i shut the truck off and stated it 5 minutes later the airbag light was on again… so i thought it was the clock spring. i found a way to check the clock spring (in this video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UgL22uM8Tk) I did this and my meter buzzed saying i had a good clock spring. so i rechecked all the connections in the front where the sensor got smashed. everything is still hooked up fine. No wires were pinched or broken so now heres what i was wondering i think i have a bad ignition key switch (in another post) (https://www.ericthecarguy.com/forum/8-Service-and-Repair-Questions-Answered-Here/46354-starting-issue) so my question is could a BAD Key switch Cause the airbag light to stay on?
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With the sensor being bad and replaced.The computer may
need to be reset. Pull the srs fuse and disconnect the battery.
see if the light goes out. If it does come back.Then it has a
hard fault. either wiring or the sensor.If the light is on then
a code should be stored.http://www.justanswer.com/chevy/4nktc-1995-silverado-need-reset-airbag-light-it-activated.html
HA HA Thanks a LOT It worked pulled the SRS Fuse and took the battery cables of waited like half hour hooked it all up again and the light was still on so I shut it off and a little while later I went and drove the truck and one moment the light was on the next it was off I was like FINALLY but then I found out its gotta be the sensor I put in. every time I take a left turn the light goes out. every time I hit a bump the light comes on or begins to blink lol so heres what im going to do Im going to mount the sensor in a way that will keep the steel ball permanently in place. I could care less if the sensor ever works the way it should. because I don’t care what people say air bags are DANGROUS this is my opinion so don’t hate me lol as long as the Airbag light is off on the dash that’s all I care about. Again Thanks a lot :silly: it really Helped me out banana:
Many times in a collision event the SRS unit needs to be replaced because it has one time use parts inside it. You may need a new SRS unit in the end. I think the best course of action is to stop throwing parts at it and have the SRS codes pulled to find out what the issue is before you spend any more money.
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