Q: My airbag light is on

asked by on February 01, 2017

My air bag light cam on recently. At first it wouldn't come on until after a while driving now it turns on right away and stays on I got the code b1801 when I went to get it read what does it mean

My car has 122000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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