Airbag warning light, grr...

[VW Russ]

Hi chaps,

wonder if you could help please? I treated myself to a Zenez sat nav system for my mk5 gti over xmas and decided to fit it myself as I couldn't wait until Jan. All went well and works nicely though now I have an airbag failure. I've done a little research and I did switch the ignition on a few times without the switches connected and it appears this could have caused the problem? Anyone else heard of this?

Also, when I removed the pillar interior I wonder if I've damaged tha bag at all? I was careful but you never know.

Any thoughts I would be very greatful.

Many thanks,

Russ

[Mike671]

Your not going to know much without plugging in on vag-com or vas

[VW Russ]

No, I assumed that. Would VW charge much do you think?

[Rhyso]

If you switched the ignition on with the airbag disconnected, that's the reason it's thrown a light up

local garage with a fault code reader should be able to clear it or find someone who is local with VAGCOM / VCDS who will do it for a beer token or two

One trick you could try is disconnecting the battery for 30 minutes or so.  Sometimes that resets everything

 

[VW Russ]

Cheers Rhyso, that's what I'd heard too. I'll try the battery first if not, I have a friendly garage who I think can do it.

The Zenez sat nav is great by the way, works very well indeed.