How to Reset the Air Bag Warning Light on a Nissan EASY! No tools required!!

This is the procedure for resetting the air bag light for all Nissan's. The vehicle in the video is a 2005 Nissan Xterra.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Turn key to the ON position. Wait until the airbag light turns off then immediately turn the key to the off position.
2. Wait 5 Seconds
3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 two more times
4. Turn key on and wait until the air bag light starts to flash slowly
5. Wait 10 seconds
6. Turn off the car
7. Turns it back on and the air bag light should now longer be flashing.

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[OorWullie]

Worked on my '11 Leaf. The only difference is that, since there is no key to turn, you instead press the ON button twice to bring the car into Accessory2 mode. Thanks for the video! Much better than paying the dealer to reset it every 6-9 months.

[kbucz]

This Video is 7 years old, and still helping people like me. Thanks man.

[BeautyFullDreams]

So amazing! My elderly dad just called to tell me a repair shop was going to charge him $905.00 to fix this. I watched your video, followed all the steps, and fixed his problem for $0 in just a few minutes. Super grateful!

[jeffrasmussen]

Thanks so much Ry. Your comments about having the center console and that triggering the flashing airbag light was PERFECT! That's when the light started flashing, and your simple procedure was great. Someone below said you're the reason YouTube works, and they're right. Your videos are top-notch. You're humble and explain things well, and your cutaways and simple graphics are perfect. Keep up the good work Ry! You're a godsend!

[markduvall]

I’m sitting in my Altima following along and it worked! The dealership said they had a week wait and a $250 diagnostic fee. You showed me how in under 5 minutes. I literally waited on hold for the service department longer than this video.

[dukenukom]

Works perfect on a 2009 Nissan Altima! I just redid the radio so I had to unplug the passenger seat airbag light. This saved me so much trouble and it worked first try. Great tutorial easy to follow.

[ianhancock]

Great advice Ry. I worked for Nissan for 10 years and there are lots of little tricks that the technical guys don't tell you about. This being one of them.

[Bruheran]

Words cannot describe my full appreciation towards this video. You have saved me financially and spiritually. Thank you

[jeffsfort]

I've been using this little Nissan for two years before I finally decided to take it over. Was prepared to take it into the shop to find out what was wrong not thinking it may just need a reset. It's off and staying off now. Other people here are right, this 6 year old video is still helping people! Thanks for posting it!

[nickschmitz]

The Nissan dealership wanted to charge me $65 +tax to do what I just did in 30 seconds. Thanks a ton man

[OtherBrotherDaryl]

You are the reason YouTube works! Your procedure worked perfectly on our 2008 Nissan Versa. Like yourself, I had to access the centre panel to fix/reset my aftermarket stereo and then the indicator light started flashing. Thank you so much for the excellent explanation and presentation.

[Trully]

Your videos are very exact. I just bought a 2005 Xterra and I love it. Unfortunately, a lot of the plastic has gotten brittle. Broke the center bezel. Rebuilt it and sprayed it a metallic charcoal grey. Looks awesome. Obviously, I unplugged the air bag sensor when removing the bezel. Update 07/05/23. I just reset my airbag warning light. I had a bit of trepidation. Your video helped immensely. Thank you so much for saving me money on taking it to a mechanic to have it reset. I’m sure they would have given me a bunch of mumbo-jumbo about it costing me gobs of money. I love DYI. And not giving my money to a mechanic. HOWEVER, I can seriously commend my mechanic I found who only works on foreign cars. Has always been fair and has always done a great job! Previously worked on my ‘93 Honda Accord LX. Unfortunately, it was stolen on May 31. My club was sitting on the floor behind the passenger seat. MAKE IT AS DIFFICULT OR CHALLENGING FOR DIRTY, ROTTEN THIEVES TO STEAL WHAT DOESN’T BELONG TO THEM. I was lax, and I paid for it.

[dolleneray]

Took the seat out to clean carpet from an AC leak. You saved me another chunk of money getting that light reset!! Please continue to publish helpful solutions like this!

[lesliecrandall]

Excellent advice! Always a reasoned and accurate procedure, in all the areas that I have used. Thanks Ry!

[hugoschmidt]

Perfect, Perfect, PERFECT! Worked on my '05 Pathfinder. It's IMPORTANT to turn off BEFORE it starts blinking. I watched another video first that didn't emphasize that, and it didn't work. I followed Ry's advice and perfect the first time.

[krisreed]

Worked on my 2011 Nissan Sentra! Thanks for going through the effort to demonstrate this process and share it on YouTube. It definately helped me out!

[WalterBlomquist]

This was my 6th or 7th video. This one worked!!! The key was to turn it off just as it started to blink. I didn’t wait to see it start blinking again. As soon as it turns off, turn car off! 3rd time got the SLOW blink, waited 30 sec, turned off for 5 sec, turned back to ON and once airbag light went off, cranked it over. SUCCESS!! Thank You!

[fil-amadventures]

Thanks for this video. I bought a 2004 nissan frontier from a auction and this light was flashing. I followed these exact steps and it fixed it. Great job!

[kuyper]

You just saved everyone who used this tip a few hundred bucks. And took those hundreds from Nissan who engineer this nonsense into their vehicles, and then don't simply outline this reset procedure in the manual. Kudos to you!

[seansnyder]

You’re the best Ry. On my second Xterra(first one got totaled by someone not paying attention)and it had this airbag dash light issue. This video fixed it. Thank you for all your help.