I have a 2001 Civic LX sedan with just under 50,0000 miles on it. Today the SRS light went on. I have a local guy who now does the work on my car because the dealer I used to take my other Civics to always managed to find $500 of work that needed to be done once the cars were north of 50,000 miles, and both of those Civics blew head gaskets at 107,000 miles where friends with Hondas who had their local guys work on the cars were still driving theirs at upwards of 150,000 miles.

Is there anything that a non-mechanically-inclined person like myself should check first? Or is this something my local guy can diagnose, or is this something that you HAVE to take to a dealer? I know as sure as I'm sitting here that the dealer will tell me I need a new airbag and want to charge me $800.

 

unfortunatly i think you need to take that to the dealership..... air bags are preaty serious. just get ready for the high bill...

 

call 'the local guy' and ask him if he has the diagnostic equipment to retreive SRS codes. If he does, take it to him.

 

I had the same problem on my 96 and it was covered under warranty ask the dealership it may be covered they had to replace the SRS Computer.