Author Topic: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???  (Read 6284 times)

Offline Leroy

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As above, going to fit my momo wheel, dont want the airbag light on, searched the site and got an answer and the part number, rang vw and its £30 odd???

The guy from vw said you only need the resistor but from them its the whole kit.

Has anyone got a cheap fix? maplins jobby or something???

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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #1 on: 07 April 2010, 13:29 »
Have you tried Momo

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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #2 on: 07 April 2010, 13:58 »
The later mk3 golf which has a drivers airbag  has a resister behind the glove box if it doesn't have a passenger airbag fitted. You will have to remove the glove box to be able to get to it, then its a case of just unplugging it

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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #3 on: 07 April 2010, 23:48 »
Hi, I used a 0.33 ohms resister I obtained from my old workplace and it did the trick. I think u can get them from maplins
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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #4 on: 08 April 2010, 12:12 »
Hi, I used a 0.33 ohms resister I obtained from my old workplace and it did the trick. I think u can get them from maplins

I used a 3.3 ohms :huh:

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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #5 on: 08 April 2010, 12:29 »
Lol that's what I meant, a 3.3 ohms
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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #6 on: 08 April 2010, 13:24 »
cheers guys, is it just a case of plugging into the wire which feeds the airbag?

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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #7 on: 08 April 2010, 13:29 »
cheers guys, is it just a case of plugging into the wire which feeds the airbag?

Pritty much yeah.

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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #8 on: 08 April 2010, 17:46 »
I fitted it to the connecter that connects to the slip ring in the cowling.
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Re: Airbag light resistor £30 from vw, any alternatives???
« Reply #9 on: 27 February 2011, 16:04 »
guys, is it a 3.3k ohms or a 3.3m ohms resister needed for this job?