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Offline herb-16v

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urgent Help needed
« on: 28 February 2010, 14:19 »
hi every one on my mk3 golf gti the air bag wont go out atall. my MOT is in 2 week and was told to take the air bag off and take bulb out for the MOT. will this work and pass like that??????  :undecided:
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Offline Paul86S2

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Re: urgent Help needed
« Reply #1 on: 28 February 2010, 15:07 »
No need to worry about the MOT its not tested for the MOT.

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Offline herb-16v

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Re: urgent Help needed
« Reply #2 on: 28 February 2010, 15:10 »
Quote from: Paul86S2 on 28 February 2010, 15:07
No need to worry about the MOT its not tested for the MOT.

Paul
so it wont matter that the light is on all the time?
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Offline Adam

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Re: urgent Help needed
« Reply #3 on: 28 February 2010, 15:27 »
Quote from: herb-16v on 28 February 2010, 15:10
Quote from: Paul86S2 on 28 February 2010, 15:07
No need to worry about the MOT its not tested for the MOT.

Paul
so it wont matter that the light is on all the time?


Nope, the air bag isn't included in the test like Paul said.
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Re: urgent Help needed
« Reply #4 on: 28 February 2010, 15:40 »
check the connectors under the seats to the seatbelt SRS system, they come apart and cause the airbag light to come on.

but not part of the mot as already said.
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Offline herb-16v

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« Reply #5 on: 28 February 2010, 16:21 »
thats ok then save me messing around. last owner had the wheel off and said court the flat wire that rap round the wheel to the air bag or some think when i had a look its split right across. if that makes sense
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Offline FlySpeck

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Re: urgent Help needed
« Reply #6 on: 28 February 2010, 17:05 »
aye thats the "clockspring" that connects the airbag to the ecu harness so the wheel can turn and not trap a cable, it needs replaced of course but you can do it when ever, or disco the battery, put a 3ohm resistor between the airbag harness pins and reconnect the battery, bingo, no airbag light.

No airbag either tho. The passenger one will still deploy with the resistor fitted.
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Offline herb-16v

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« Reply #7 on: 28 February 2010, 17:16 »
Quote from: FlySpeck on 28 February 2010, 17:05
aye thats the "clockspring" that connects the airbag to the ecu harness so the wheel can turn and not trap a cable, it needs replaced of course but you can do it when ever, or disco the battery, put a 3ohm resistor between the airbag harness pins and reconnect the battery, bingo, no airbag light.

No airbag either tho. The passenger one will still deploy with the resistor fitted.

thanks for that i think i will give that ago. get rid og the light then
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Offline FlySpeck

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« Reply #8 on: 28 February 2010, 17:33 »
you might still need the stored code cleared mate after the resistor mod, most ecu's latch the airbag light on once theres a fault detected, even if it clears. This is to pass safety rules for euro and us legislation.

A simple code reader should clear it though, or a vag cable & laptop.

The battery being off might do it automatically, does in a lot of japs, not sure about the golf ecu tho
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« Reply #9 on: 28 February 2010, 17:50 »
thanks i will get the resistor mod done tomorrow if still on when put battery back on will plug it in to my vag and try that way
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