Went wheeling yesterday in deep snow, abused it a bit on some slopes trying to bust through snow and the Airbag light came on. Since then it is intermittently on/off, without any specific set of conditions.

It was very cold yesterday, -8C (17F) and even colder today (-12C, 10F), so I won't do a lot of troubleshooting until it gets warmer, but was curious if anybody encountered this behavior and if there are any risks with running with the light on. I will dig through the manual to see where the sensor is located, I am guessing that the snow got to it.

It's an 97 4 banger.

Thanks

Could also be your clockspring on its way out

Could be a worth investigating, especially as from what I see in the manual, the airbag control module is located inside the cabin. So no snow could have gotten to it. What I did abuse were the throttle and the steering, trying to get some traction going up hill. So the clockspring will be on the list of suspects. Thanks for the pointer!

X2 on the clockspring. Easy fix, just can be expensive depending on your year.

Spot on guys! I tried the horn today, when the light was on, and it wasn't working. Thanks for your help, I will look for the clockspring. You saved me a lot of investigation work!