i have a nissan micra V reg. it had a slight bump and the bumper was replaced. since then the airbag waring light has came on. is there a way to get rid of this?
The seatbelts often have tensioners, that are linked to the airbag, but often overlooked on repair, as the seatbelts are 'pulled', at the same time as airbag deployment...
But if the company just did bodywork repair, maybe overlooked this?
The airbag can be diagnosed, as can the main ECU, so that is something to look into, and ask the garage why they didn't resolve this?
So at the moment you are driving a car that has a potentially lethal flaw, that could kill you, due to dealer/repairers negligence, that a few years ago wasn't an issue, but if you were in another collision, and it comes to light that there are these issues, and you didn't resolve them, but you are dead, then the blame lies at your door, even though you made moves to actually resolve them.
So get your car taken back to where it was 'repaired', and get resolution. And don't drive it there.
Most modern cars can have their ECU/Airbag ECU/Gearbox ECU read by simple kit available from Halfrauds. I can get the codes for mine by shorting out a couple of terminals and reading a binary code, easily available on the web. (Sadly, I know many off by heart!), your car is telling you that in the event of an accident, the airbag, that the car was designed around, may or may not respond in an emergency..and you could die.
Although an airbag light could also indicate that the passenger airbag has been deactivated.
Get it checked.