Is it normal for this air bag light to be on?

[Analyzzer]

I've checked the manuals and it appears normal for the "OFF" light to be on when the passenger seat is empty, but I have not found an explanation for the light on the left. It looks like an SRS warning that indicates a problem with the airbag, but I'm not sure. I just bought the car a week ago and I'm not sure if this light has been on the entire time or not.

Thanks in advance,

Doug

 

[G-941383]

Yes, it is normal.

 

[AdrianG]

Seems normal. Does it turn off when somebody is sitting in the passenger seat?

 

[Analyzzer]

Seems normal. Does it turn off when somebody is sitting in the passenger seat?

It does go off when someone sits down. It is odd that I can't find an explanation of the light in the manual. If it is just saying the air bag is off, then it is redundant since there is already a light for that.

 

[D.J.]

It does go off when someone sits down. It is odd that I can't find an explanation of the light in the manual. If it is just saying the air bag is off, then it is redundant since there is already a light for that.

Where is there already a light for that?

 

[Snicklefritz]

I've never seen that light. I would suspect some airbag issue. the 'x' makes it look like it's saying that the airbag won't deploy, according to the electronic interfacing wizardry in these modern cars.

 

[Analyzzer]

Where is there already a light for that?

Check the picture in the post. There are 2 lights.... the one on the right says "OFF" and the one on the left has a symbol that looks like an SRS malfunction symbol

 

[AdrianG]

I would verify if mine is the same, but my Stinger is finally in the shop. Someone backed into me a couple weeks ago.

 

[rpoffen]

I think it is saying that there is something in the seat, but lighter than a full size adult, so the airbag is at half intensity.
This issue came about over the last few years with smaller people being severely injured by full force airbags.

 

[vipeboy2000]

in the pre-2022 models, we only had the "off" illuminate.. looks like in 2022+ models, they added an extra illuminated symbol with the "off" i guess for redundancy in case you can't read "off" lol.
2022 manual vs my 2020.