Seat Belt warning (Passenger side)

[wilson44]

My 200cdi coupe 2004, has a problem with the passenger seat belt warning light coming on and bleeping at me, the indicator is presuming someone's sat in the seat when noone actually is, so i have to put the sealt belt into its buckle to shut the damn thing up. Incidentally when i do this the passenger airbag light on the centre of dashboard lights up to say air bag off. Help...... any ideas or have you heard of this before, what do i do. Thank you.

 

[television]

Hello and welcome Yes this is a common problem and is usually a loose connection under the seat on the connecting plugs.. if the warning lamp comes on permanently this can only be removed on STAR after the fault has been fixed

 

[Cole@MBS]

A new seat belt buckle is needed here! common fault, sorry to say!

 

[wilson44]

Thank you both for that reply i will check the seat underneath for any obvious connector issues and also the buckle, presumably i will be able to test the buckle by removing it and fitting on the drivers side to see if the same occurs? Yours in appreciation - Mark in Hull.

 

[Autofix]

Is this not the seat occupancy/child seat sensor at fault?

 

[MB TECH WARRINGTON]

Is this not the seat occupancy/child seat sensor at fault?

my thoughts too.