Working on selling my 2002 XK8 Coupe, have the Air Bag light on. When I start the car the air bag light flashes then stays on. About a month ago it started intermittently where it would come on once every three or four trips. Now its every time I drive the car. Any ideas, anyone had their car into the dealer for the same issue. Anyone have any info on the code flashing, its been sugguested that the number of flashes may indicate what the code number is, but I only have access to Alldata software and it doesn't list anything in the codes section of what the code could be. Hooked the car up to a basic snapon handheld scanner and it shows no codes.

 

Just got off the phone with the dealer, the tech said its calling for a B225 code and wants more time to diagnose, including taking the seat out? They started work at 8:00, he called at 8:20 wanting authorization for more time, though I had already authorized an hour that wasn't fully used yet?

I checked alldata and in the Bcodes section doesn't list a B225? I'm no jag tech but as I understood air bag diagnostics I thought they would pull the code initially to identify which bag was causing the code, then pull that bag and plug their scanner inplace of the that bag. If the light goes out then it means its a bad bag, if the light stays on then it's something else in the system. At that time another code scan should reveal if it's a seat sensor or other device. From there they might need to request additional time to pull seats or start tracing wires?

Jag Genius? FactoryJaguar Tech? Any thoughts?

 

b225 . your missing one number.. if you give me your email address i can send you our diagnostic codes.. and its not that simple anymore... for diagnosing airbags.. your shud have proximity sensors on your passenger side seat.. which can make it more complicated. you shud be able to read a flash code as well.. usually 2 flashes first .. which is 2.. then whatever after that goes after the 2.. they usually send out 22 or 24 or 26something like that

 

Got the car back from the dealer and they said it was a B2295 code - drivers side bolster. I paid two hours diagnostic I guess for that they checked all the connectors and parts throughout the car, when I picked it up the light was out and hasn't come back on in about ten different trips. So, what does that mean?

 

sounds like a bad connection. hope it doesnt come back on

 

After they had poked around in there doing the diagnostic the light was out and hasn't come back on since. So, we'll see.....

 

Hello everybody !
I am new member on the Forum.
Please forgive my awkward writing : as a Frenchman, I don’t write English as fluently as most of you.
I'm living near Bordeaux, where I have owned a 1999 XK8, now for 10 years. LHD model, of course.

My first question is about an airbag failure. On dashboard, when entering contact key, the airbag flashes code 24. Not every time, but about 80%.
On a general site, I can read the following decoding :24= Safing Sensor Output Feed/Return Circuit Open

Do you agree with that diagnosis ? Which tests should be performed ?
Where is located this safing sensor on XK8 ?

I thank you for your help.