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Getting airbag warning light on cold starts[in around 0 Celsius]. Goes off on restart after car heats up. And not coming on in milder weather. Any suggestions please.

I've been getting what I think is metal on metal scrape noise on right hand side front wheel when car hits a bump.
Any idea what's the cause? 205K miles on car.

I replaced the actuator but didn't fix the problem. I could see from volt meter the actuator was getting 12V when button pressed. I cut the return wire and connected it to a bolt on the trunk and...

I think I'll just get a 2nd hand release module & try that. I see what your saying, it's getting on in years alright & wire degradation etc could be the cause which can be tricky to fix.
Thanks all...

Thanks for this, not as straight forward as I thought.


I went back and unplugged the connections to the motor/actuator. I checked voltage across connections to gnd & getting 10V to here....

Went underneath the steering wheel, found the relay panel where the manual showed the bootlid relay located but no relay in that location, only 5 relays there, all large type, no small relays at all....

2005 Saab 9-5. Bootlid is not releasing. lights flashing as normal when press either button. There is no sound from the actuator which makes me think it's the relay. Any other suggestions before i go...