Test Notes

Normal Operation
The air bag Electronic Crash Sensor (ECS) module checks for driver air bag circuit shorts to battery or ignition by monitoring the voltage of Circuits 614 (GY/O) and 615 (GY/W) at Pins 1 and 15. If the ECS detects a short to battery or ignition on either of these pins, it will store a Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) B1916 in memory and flash a Lamp Fault Code (LFC) 15 (or higher priority code if one exists) on the air bag indicator.

Possible Causes
A driver air bag circuit short to battery or ignition could be caused by:
^ a short to battery or ignition on Circuit 614 (GY/O).
^ a short to battery or ignition on Circuit 615 (GY/W).
^ a short to battery or ignition on the air bag sliding contact.
^ a short to battery or ignition on the driver air bag module.