Anyone have any information to give me on this? In my 93' 850 GLT, the SRS light just came on and the car manual says to drive the car to the nearest Volvo Dealership to have the system diagnosed and to not touch the system yourself as severe bodily injury can occur!! WOW!!! Pretty serious.... Anyway, wondering if anyone else has had to deal with this and has an idea on how much is that going to cost. Thanks in advance for any replies.....

There should be a sticker in the driver door frame that lists the date
when the air bags need to be replaced. As mentioned, it has been
posted that Volvo feels they can now go to 15 years. I'd check the
date in the door (just to confirm the coincidence ) and call a dealer
and confirm the 5 year extension. I'd still have a dealer read the
code to make sure it is not something else (don't ignore it).

My light came on after a rough ride (Chicago Potholes) -
and I cleared it using the instructions on Bay 13.
Another meeting with a new speedbump - and SRS light was on again.
I opended the glove compartment - cleaned ud the contents - took out the compartment - and found out that the box was rubbing on the orange wire for the airbag - actually it was resting right on top of a connector.
My 850 is also from 1993 - and I guess the compartment sags a little after 10 years.
I repositioned the connector ( not the highest point anymore) secured it with a gentle plier squeeze - and avoided overloading the glove compartment from that day on.
I have no idea about the way the airbag is triggered - so the ignition was off - and I kept my head low. If the bag was deployed I guess it would damage the front window.
You will still need to clear the SRS light after this.
Best wishes for and easy fix - I did this while waiting for my wife at the postoffice - 20 minutes.

When the lights on the whole system is disabled to avoid any of the airbags including the sipps to go off in error as protection to the driver and passengers(since they can cause injury) You can try resetting it via the bay13 instructions as it could have been an intermittant problem. But it could re-occur. You have your options if it still comes back on. Leave it and have no airbags which people have been driving for many generations without. Or get it fixed and have piece of mind with added protection for you and your passengers.

Mike,

Thanks for posting a reponse to my SRS light problem. You and one other have made mention to resetting the light using the Bay13 instructions. Can you tell me where to find information on that? Thanks so much....

I heard the srs light pop on after 10 years, at the time they where not sure
they would last 10 years without a problem.

I think it was determined that 15 years they should be ok with out trouble.


my 93 850 srs light should pop on any day know.

So, it's okay to ignore? When the light comes on, how do you know which one may be impacted, driver or passenger?
Thanks!

1993 850 GLT 93,000k San Francisco, CA

never blow of a dash light in a volvo except mabey service,
I would find a local shop and find out what the code is,

for most of us volvo owners we bought them for the saftey
so dont blow this off, its a saftey concern, but I did hear
that srs light comes on after 10 years from a volvo expert.

I have a '97 855 GLT and my light is on and I do need to fix it. However,
my problem is in the clockspring (otherwise known as steering reel) which is
inside the steering wheel itself. The part costs about $165 - $175 here, in Oklahoma. Labor - another $75. I am going to replace it myself once I get the money. Mine broke when I was re-aligning my steering wheel after changing
out the evaporator. Anyway, I do not know if the '93 850 would have the same part or not, but something to check into. You really need to have the VOLVO shop diagnose the problem for you (unless it is something as obvious as "Happy owner's" problem was) and then you can probably fix it yourself. Do not mess with the airbags, though.
Also, as far as I know for 1997 855, as long as the system detects a problem with ANY supplemental restrain system (SRS) part, none of the airbags will deploy should you have a wreck. This is what I was told by my Volvo dealer, so, do not count on that as 100%.

Hope this helps,

Max