Dreaded airbag failure light!

[michael lang]

Well if the car has a seat recognition sensor in the r/f seat that could be the answer. If the sensor sees a small amount of weight in the seat it tells the SRS Control Unit there is weight on the seat and is not seeing the seatbelt being latched through the buckle so the control unit then disables the airbag to prevent deployment in a collision. The idea being the airbag would cause more injury than the impact itself. Now the sensor doesn't know the difference between weight of an object or weight of a child, all it sees is the seat is being occupied. Simply cycling the key with your grand daughter in the seat is all it takes to ding the light. In which case a quick reset is all you will need. I still stand by my previous statement that the problem should be properly diagnosed.