Air Bag Light On problems of the 2009 Kia Motor Optima

The contact owns a 2009 kia Optima. The contact stated that the air bag indicator remained illuminated. The dealer was contacted (university kia, 6519 university dr NW, huntsville, al 35806, (256) 217-1700) to inspect and diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 94,913.

Airbag light stays on. This is apparently an ongoing problem with 2009 Optimas.

Airbag light came back on, after passenger mat replaced on recall. They found codes b1346 and b1481 for driver's airbag resistance too high for stages 1 and 2. Need to diagnose if airbag is faulty or clock spring.

Airbag light has come on, won't go off and now ehicle won't pass state inspection.

Air bag light stays on. Nothing happens on the vehicle.

The airbag light has been cleared 3 times and it keeps coming on. They recalled there 2008 models and my car was made it 2008, and I see a lot of people online with the same problem, they need to recall 2009 models.

My complaint regards the air bag system. The air bag light came on in 2015 and has remained on. My car will not pass inspection with the light on and while kia recalled the 2008 models, they have not recalled the 2009 models despite multiple reports of issues with both the air bags and the air bag light. Last year, the dealer found a loose sensor that they reconnected, in order for the car to pass inspection. However, the light came back on the next day. At this point, I don't know if my air bags are functioning properly and I'm stuck because the vehicle won't pass inspection. The date is estimated as it happened between June 2014 and June 2015 when I was up for my next inspection.

The airbag light come on at around 84000 miles. When the error code was read, it was consistent with faulty OCS mat on the passenger's side (b1448). It seems to be an extremely common problem of many kia vehicles with potentially serious safety concerns, yet the manufacturer did not issue a recall. The only solution seems to be the replacement of the mat ($1700-2000), with absolutely no guarantee that it will not malfunction after 10 miles (the electric sensor of the mat can interfere with electronic devices nearby).

Air bag light flickered on and off for a few days then came on permently. I later heard about the recall: NHTSA campaign number: 12v014000, air bag clock spring assembly. That only covered kia 2006 thru 2008. It apprears that 2009 should be included.

The battery died in my 2009 kia Optima and upon replacing battery the airbag light came on. It was taken to a kia dealership and was told that it was because we changed the battery. The airbag light was reset. About a week later it came on again and was taken back to the dealership and reset again. It came back on the next day and was again taken to the dealership at what time we were told that it was the b1382 & b1481 airbag problems and that it was going to cost over $1200. 00 to fix. Why would changing the battery cause these problems? I had only purchased the car 18 months before this incident.

The vehicle had three expensive problems in rapid succession. The first was the transmission which started a severely hard downshift on braking from about 25 mph. The whole car shuddered and felt as if we slammed on the brakes for a second. After troubleshooting, kia told us we needed a new transmission for $2700 with no help from kia. After this repair, not even two weeks later, the air bag light came on. Diagnosis from kia, defective sensor in the passenger seat, not covered by warranty and a $1500 replacement estimate. We decided not to fix this item because we were going to trade the car in on another make and cut our losses. The third problem which occurred one week later was a failure to start after parking the car for an hour at a doctor's office, stranding my wife in 95 degree heat. The car was towed to a non-kia repair shop as I no longer want anything to do with kia who will deny any claim against their so-called quality products and will be disposing of the car as soon as it is running again since kia does not stand behind its defective products. After three major failures in a short period of time we feel this is an unsafe vehicle.