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Offline musicman87

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Surprise Airbag light... Help please!
« on: 25 March 2011, 19:03 »
Hi all,

I was driving home from work today and all of a sudden the airbag fault light came on. I've stopped and started a few times and it pings at me every time i get in the car. I can't see any reason why it has come on, not changed the stereo, not been in a prang...

Anybody have any ideas?

Car is having a service tomorrow and the guys have a Bosch diagnostics. They're not VAG specialists, are they likely to have the tools for the job?
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Offline bacillus

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Re: Surprise Airbag light... Help please!
« Reply #1 on: 25 March 2011, 22:40 »
Check the connectors under the front seats.
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Re: Surprise Airbag light... Help please!
« Reply #2 on: 25 March 2011, 23:17 »
As posted connectors under the seat give problems however untill you get it scanned you have no real way of knowing.

Offline musicman87

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Re: Surprise Airbag light... Help please!
« Reply #3 on: 27 March 2011, 14:13 »
Well they plugged it in and it said sporadic error for the front passenger seat. I thought it was weird as no-one was sat in that seat when the light came on! However they erased the error memory and it hasn't come back since!

Thanks guys
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