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Question: failed vent solenoid purge solenoid and airbag light

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honda help, San Antonio, TX, October 21, 2009, 12:16
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My airbag light is on what does that mean? Also, I had my car checked and the error code came back with
failed vent solenoid
failed purge solenoid

Where are these located and are they hard to repair?

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    Wilsonite October 21, 2009, 12:37
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    A failed vent and/or purge solenoid will not cause an air bag light to illuminate...

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    rdude135 October 23, 2009, 04:37
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    The airbag light is part of the SRS system and will need to be diagnosed. There is a code stored and the code will have to be retrieved. Once the code is retrieved a diagnosis will have to be done to determine the reason why the light is on.

    A failed purge and vent solenoid are parts of the evap system. These parts cannot be repaired, only replaced. It's important to have the system checked by a qualified technician to make sure that these are the faulty parts. The system is complex and while you can run a test with a scanner it only gives a general diagnosis. A qualified technician will be able to test the individual components and repair the problem.

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    Visitor, October 12, 2010, 22:24

    failed vent solenoid where

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