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Dodge Intrepid Shifty Airbag? Q. Hey Vincent, I was recommended to your site. I have a 1993 Dodge Intrepid ES with 3.3 liter 6 cylinder engine. It is an automatic with 160,000 miles on it and I'm assuming its fuel injected. It has A/C, P/S, ABS and cruise control. Here is my problem, it has an electric problem. What happens is when the air bag light comes on the transmission won't shift.

A friend said it was probably a sensor gone bad? What do think it is, and is it easy to fix, meaning can I fix it myself?

Thanks for your time,
Dan

A. This is a little confusing Dan. The air bag system (SRS) is totally separate from any other system in the vehicle. It has to be to keep the SRS from accidentally deploying. It even has it's own harness so no wire is routed through any other vehicle harness.

If the AIRBAG light has come on, then there is a code stored in the Air Bag System Diagnostic Module (ASDM). You will need a scan tool to pull this code and see what it is.

If it's not shifting properly, then it is in "limp-in" mode. Once it enters the limp-in mode, the Transmission Control Module (EATX) will store a code, again needing the scan tool to access it.

I don't know what to tell you except to get the system scanned and find out what those codes are. That's the only way to start diagnosing the malfunction.