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Offline billy_vw

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Airbag light came on - Help
« on: 24 September 2010, 07:44 »
Drove to work this morning in the golf

Airbag light came on

Where do i start fault finding ?
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Re: Airbag light came on - Help
« Reply #1 on: 24 September 2010, 08:15 »
as daft as it sounds it might just reset itself after the ignition has been turned of.....if not have it scanned bud and see what pops up.. :smiley:
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Re: Airbag light came on - Help
« Reply #2 on: 24 September 2010, 09:35 »
Plug in a fault code reader or vagcom - that will direct you to the problem :afro:


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Re: Airbag light came on - Help
« Reply #3 on: 24 September 2010, 14:50 »
as daft as it sounds it might just reset itself after the ignition has been turned of.....if not have it scanned bud and see what pops up.. :smiley:

That did not work  :angry:

Goona try to see if some1 local has vag com
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Re: Airbag light came on - Help
« Reply #4 on: 24 September 2010, 15:40 »
Ignition cycles will not delete DTCs concerning the airbag controller. It's probably a loose wire or dirty plug, vagcom will tell you where to start looking.