airbag light

2006 TOYOTA AVALON
75,000 MILES
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airbag light flashed three times then one after sixteen times. What could be problem?
Sep 19, 2017 at 11:40 AM
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These are the standard Toyota SRS flash codes, they are set in groups, the first group are 10's and the second group ate single digits, so three flashes -pause two flashes will be code 32. One flash-pause four flashes will be 14. re check what codes you are seeing and report back if the code is not on this list.

list of airbag flash codes.

12=Low Battery Voltage.

13=Air Bag Circuit Shorted to Ground.

14=Primary Crash Sensor Circuit Shorted to Ground.

21=Safing Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly.

22=Safing Sensor Output Shorted to Battery Voltage.

23=Safing Sensor Circuit Input Feed/Return Circuit Open.

24=Safing Sensor Output Feed/Return Circuit Open.

32 Driver Side Air Bag Circuit High Resistance or Open.

33 Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit High Resistance or Open.

34=Driver Side Air Bag Circuit Low Resistance or Shorted.

35=Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit Low Resistance or Shorted.

41=RH Primary Crash Sensor Feed/Return Circuit Open.

42=LH Primary Crash Sensor Feed/Return Circuit Open.

44=RH Primary Crash Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly.

45=LH Primary Crash Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly.

51=Air Bag Diagnostic Monitor Internal Thermal Fuse Blown Due to Intermittent Short to Ground.

52=Backup Power Supply Voltage Boost Fault.

53=Primary Crash Sensor Circuits Resistance to Ground or Air Bag Diagnostic Fault
k the flash sequence you have and check the list below.

Sep 20, 2017 at 4:39 AM
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