Hi folks, I recently purchased an S60R from a guy who had done the airbag recall service. However, the "airbag service urgent" message still comes on occasionally. He said he had just reset it when that happened periodically and I'm ok to do the same. I just put my cheapo ODBII scanner on and it said there were 8 codes, however it wouldn't actually display them, nor did the message go away when I chose to clear the codes.

So my two questions are: is there something I should do to get this message to stay off for good? There isn't a Volvo dealership on the island (Hawaii) so that's not an option. Which perhaps brings me to question 2: why doesn't my cheapo scanner show the codes and/or clear them? Is there a cheap scanner I should purchase that will work with this car?

Thanks for your input!

 

Many cheap scanners can only scan for codes in the Engine and possibly the transmission control units - codes that are related to emissions and will cause the check engine light to come on. (or service engine soon or lambda light in some countries)

SRS has nothing to do with emissions. So you will need to find a scanner that can talk to the SRS system. If you plan to do any work yourself - you really should get a scanner that can talk to all the control units - a 17 year old Volvo is going to need a lot of attention.