SRS/Air Bag fault

Just had a message pop up on my dash SRS Air bag fault but only comes up when I hit the brakes then goes out again . Any ideas or Anyone had this before?

Maybe a loose connection that when you brake, causes the connection to be lost, and when you accelerate it moves in the opposite direction.....

A very common failure point is the yellow harness under the seats....check these are secure.

Remember to exercise cautions, you are dealing with explosive charges afterall.

When you say under the seats drivers or passengers seat?

Both Front Seats....

that is if you have seatbelt pretensioners and/or side airbags in the seats.....

No seat air bags 1997 4.6 HSE Iwill go check connections now and report back

Just checked under seats can't see yellow harness but don't seem to be any loose connections . There is defo a loose connection someplace cause it's comming on willy nilly then going off again . Another connections I can check ?

It's only staying on for a few seconds then off again grrrrrr. Then back on a minute or so later then off again . Defo loose connection doing my head in already lol

Just pulled the connector under the drivers seat but still getting warning after replacing connector.started it up seems even without driving the car and me not I the car the warning is still comming on and off and on . Maybe that rules out loose connector ?

Maybe you should get it on diagnostics, could be the ECU has gone tits up.

How about the connector to the steering wheel bag? Doesn't it go through the ring connector behind the wheel?

I'm not suggesting that you sit there thumping the wheel to see if the fault occurs you understand!

i suggest its a job for hawkeye or any other good diagnostics kit. srs/airbag faults even silly ones like loose connectors often require diagnostics to delete codes and data before lights will be extinguished on dash. you may cure the fault without knowing by reconnecting a terminal but without a machine the light will stay on and you assume problem still there.

Thanks for the replies guys,guy on eBay selling an SRSwiring loom that he bought cause he had the same fault and turned out not to do with the loom, he has given me a few pointers as to what cured his , Deeside 4x4 fixed his so I gave them a call , seems loose wire under drivers seat so will check under seat again , may be the wire to seatbelt pre tensioner, I will keep u posted

Jumped in the car this morning and no air bag warning , don't know what I have done if anything.FIngers crossed the warning stays off but I doubt it lol.

Some faults re-set after 5 ignition/start cycles if the fault has been removed of course.

When I had ABS problems I also got an SRS/Airbag fault. Fixed ABS (which involved amongst other things changing alternator wire and tighening various earth connections because my battery wasn't getting properly charged), then cleared airbag fault via diagnostics (it had hard faulted and so this was the only way) and since then all's well. Don't fully understand the relationship but that your's flashes when braking might mean something.