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Passenger airbag warning light. Ugh.

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by egg_salad, Nov 21, 2017.

  1. egg_salad

    egg_salad Active Member

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    It's been a couple months since I got my '08... maybe I'll get used to this.

    Cars have warning lights which are color-coded. Red means "stop", Amber/yellow means "hey, here's something you should know about". Other colors have their meanings.

    I still occasionally freak out when I see an amber light on my dashboard. It's an ingrained response.

    The fact that a passenger airbag exists is NOT worthy of an amber warning light.

    Maybe I'll just cover over that light.

    Apologies for the rant.
     
    #1 egg_salad, Nov 21, 2017
  2. fuzzy1

    fuzzy1 Senior Member

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    Then how will you know when a malfunctioning airbag deployment system fails to illuminate that light?
     
    #2 fuzzy1, Nov 21, 2017
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    One thing, it is the boy who cried wolf. Any light that's constantly on, either to say the air bag's active (due to adult passenger in the seat) or saying it's disabled, becomes a light you cease to notice.

    I don't recall any of our Hondas having similar lights, not really sure though.
     
    #3 Mendel Leisk, Nov 21, 2017
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    It seems Toyota went backward on this...My 2005 Prius has the same amber light, but it turns OFF after "proving" itself. My son's 2007
    does NOT...so I know what you mean!
     
    #4 zabadave, Nov 21, 2017
  5. egg_salad

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    Well, I won't particularly care. I never have a passenger.
     
    #5 egg_salad, Nov 21, 2017
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