My air bag light is on, is it safe to drive the car?

 well it means that the air bay system has found a fault and if you get into a collision  they will probally not deploy.

In the short run it's safe but I would get it checked out ASAP. You don't really want to get into an accident and find out that your airbags don't work.

hi i am a mechanic for 5 years so i will let u know good answers on here so i will add a litle sumthing to all answer's on most recent cars we have sensors witch can be a drag but are there for a reson ! warning us that it need's to be check witch in a long run isnt that bad ;) and so u can have many senarios ( either it can be only a sensor to be change ,,,or it can be that your aibag deployment system is at fault or just need's to be reset . that is sumthign u should ask your mechanic :) well that it for now hope this help's you out :)

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Has it always been on? the vehicle may have previously been into an accident causing the airbags to deploy.  Airbags are fairly expensive and many used car dealerships do not replace them once they have been in an accident. they could have reset the sensors causing the light to come off for a while. You may not even have an airbag in there.

Another problem may be the wiring. If you travel down bumpy or rough terrain you can easily cause an air bag wire to become unplugged. Many vehicles have the air bag sensors below the vehicle near the suspension and rack and pinion which is a bad spot for them considering that area of the car takes a lot of hits. did you hit any curbs or big bumps lately?

check if the air bags are in fact on. you usually need the key to turn off the airbags.

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It might only display the light in a shorter period of time so that won't be a problem. But if not, have your car dealer see it to be able to fix since airbag may deploy anytime which isn’t a good thing.