Went to the grocery store and when I came back out and started the car, the "Pass Airbag Off" light came on. Anybody got an idea how I turn airbag back on?

 

Hi,
You might try starting the car and then sit in the Passenger seat and put seat belt on.
This MiGHT wake up the computer! Just a thought; can't find any mention in Owners Manual of 'Pass Airbag Off'.
If nobody else knows better, let me know and I'll search my 'Alldata' XK account for you.

Good Luck

Adrian

 

This is just a guess, I have no idea if the XK has this "feature", but my current car (Mazda) will automatically shut off the passenger airbag if there is an object of a certain weight on the passenger seat. As I understand it, the idea is if a small child sits there the airbag will automatically turn off. My laptop bag can sometimes cause the light to come on and off randomly sometimes... I thought something was wrong at first but apparently thats how its supposed to work.

Just a guess... did you put a bag of groceries on the seat or something?

 

Thanks guys. I'm on the way out now. Maybe it has fixed itself. And yes, I did put two bags of groceries on the seat yesterday. Maybe that's it...I hope. I'll post results tomorrow when I get home.

 

Forgot to get back on this one. Started teh car and everything was fine. Looks like the grocery bags were the culprits. Whew!

 

Yes, the seat detects if someone is sitting there, and if it is a small load (i.e. possibly a child in a child seat) it disables the air bags and the warning light comes on.

 

GOOD MORNING Land of Jaguar
2008 Jaguar XK series in need of a PASSENGER DASHBOARD airbag
Any leads ?

 

Those grocery bags WEREthe problem. The safety system detects use of the passenger seat by something other than an adult person, (my Technical Notes for the X350 saloon says "small occupant"), detects that the seat belt is not in use, then deactivates the air bag and puts the deactivation light on.