Porsche Boxster airbag light comes on

Filed Mar 26, 2014 · Airbags, Seat belts · 54,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 porsche boxster. The contact stated that the air bag light sporadically illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the seat belt buckles, harness and control unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 54,000. Updated 5/13/14*cn

Filed Mar 25, 2014 · Airbags · 45,000 miles · VA

The air bag light illuminated on the car spontaneously and stays lit at all times indicating a fault in the system. From all reports on various porsche discussion forums (thousands of incidents that have been reported and discussed), this is a common problem in the first generation porsche boxsters. It is a defect in the seat belt buckle and seat belt ground caused by corrosion of the contact points for the seat belt that triggers the light. The purpose of an air bag light is to inform you of a defect in this safety system and to notify you that the system will not operate as it should. While there is apparently a tsb that was issued by porsche, once your vehicle is out of warranty they will not repair it under the tsb for free. This is a widespread and common safety defect that doesn't appear until after the car is out of warranty. The cost to repair this problem is approximately $1500.00 through porsche. Considering most porsche boxsters from 1997-1999 suffer from this problem, it should be a safety recall and repaired by porsche at their expense.

Filed Sep 2, 2012 · Airbags · 39,000 miles · MA

Air bag light is always on yet it is not defective. Many other people have this same porsche issue. They want 500 to fix it.

Filed Feb 7, 2011 · Airbags · 50,000 miles · CA

The airbag light has come on for the third time. The problem is in a sensor in the seatbelt. Each time it is the same problem and porsche wants me to spend $550 to replace the unit with the fourth sensor. I have declined to do this as they will not warranty the new unit. This is a well known defect in this car according to servicemen and there are similar complaints on your website. I have called and written to porsche without response.

Filed Oct 12, 2010 · Airbags · 76,000 miles · VA

Porsche boxter airbag ( SRS) malfunction. Spontaneous deployment. Monday, oct.11 2010 approx. 2:00. Vehicle had been unused for 4 weeks. I attempted to start the veh. Battery was almost dead. No action from starter. Veh alarm sounded. Alarm remained blaring unless key was in #1 position. I went into my house ( to call for assistance. ) I heard a loud " bang " . Upon returning to my car I saw that the left (drivers) air bag had deployed. I removed the key from the vehicle. The odor from the airbag was not pleasant. There were no injuries. No one was in the vehicle at the time of the spontaneous deployment.

Filed Aug 29, 2009 · Airbags · 60,200 miles · TX

1998 porsche boxster airbag light, related to seat belt buckle, known issue with a fix that has a part number, but porsche never had a recall so the only way they will replace it for free is if the light came on within the warranty time. Cost out of warranty $500 to $1500. This should not be a warranty issue but a safety issue, if they knew that the part was faulty they should have recalled the part and fixed every model that came out with the old design. There are many reviews all over the internet by 97' to 99' boxster owners. 99' is this year they came out with the fix, but if you kept your porsche clean and garage kept it would be well past the warranty before the wires faulted and the light come on. Although they say it is not a safety issue and that the airbag will still deploy, by having this fault active, you will not be able to tell if a true airbag fault that will affect the airbag operation really went off.

Filed Aug 24, 2008 · Airbags · 26,000 miles · MI

Airbag light comes on in 1999 porsche boxster. This seems to be a common and recurring problem with porsche boxsters. It was taken to a repair shop who diagnosed the problem as a seat buckle problem. They indicated that it is a common problem. The issue is that there should be a recall issued to fix this problem since it is dangerous to have the airbag warning light come on. Porsche should fix the problem in order clear this problem.

Filed Sep 13, 2007 · Airbags · 43,000 miles · IL

I have a 1998 posche boxster. The car has a problem in that the airbag light will come on and the owner will not know if the airbags are working properly or not. Porsche has had over 7 fixes on this issue and none have worked to date. They have not replaced mine under warranty. I have been informed by my local porsche dealer this is an on going problem. Porsche north america refused to fix this problem because the car is out of warranty.

Filed Jan 11, 2007 · Airbags, Electrical · 20,000 miles · NY

Airbag warning lamp staying on due to a poorly designed sensor system that relies on seat belt buckle and grounding system electrical resistances being incredibly stable over time. This is a design flaw that has been addressed by redesigned seat belt receptacles and replacing wires. If you don't fix this problem, you will never know if you have a real problem with the airbag system, which is obviously a safety issue. If you want to clear this lamp indication, you must shell out $500 to $1500 to do so. How does porsche have the nerve to charge customers for an obvious design flaw on their part which leads to an airbag warning lamp being illuminated, which is a safety issue if not corrected. My incident is far from an isolated one. I've checked out other complaints via the internet.

Filed Oct 4, 2006 · Airbags · 3,800 miles · AZ

Dt*: the contact stated each time the engine was started or while driving various speeds, the airbag light illuminated. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer who determined while the airbag light was illuminated, the airbags would not deploy in the event of a crash. Also, the dealer determined the front passenger side seat needed to be adjusted forward so the airbag light would not illuminate. After the contact adjusted the seat as instructed by the dealer, the problem persisted. The manufacturer was not alerted. Updated 10/31/2006 - the air bag light illuminated although there was a passenger in the seat. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer three times for the same failure but problem still exist.