Airbag fault

[Nino]

Ok so i put my leathers in but they didnt come with any looms and and the preious idiot had botch cut his own loom and messed up the airag wires the green white and brown. So i wired in the wires manually into my airbag loom in the floor without cutting it and left the heated seat part alone for the tine being.

Now im getting an error on the dash "Airbag fault" and my airbag light is now staying on.

Is this because i havent got the correct heated seat loom connected yet which works in tamderm with the airbag wires?

[Carl18T]

I would try getting any codes erased and see it it comes back on, if it does the chances are the car will recognise the seat belts are different so I'd take the harness off the old seats and plug that in and tuck the buckle under the seats, we have to do that with the Motorhomes and camper vans we build at times,

[Nino]

Why would the seat belts have anything to do with this fault?

[Wazzzer]

Clear them off and see if they come back. Sometimes even though you have the ignition off it can trigger the airbag fault. If they do try to narrow down what side is causing the code then have a good look over the wires. My mates 1.8T ended up being one of the sensors on the seat belt tensioner which he broke while changing the rear panels over

[Nino]

Right fair enough, ill give them a scan when i get home from work. Thanks ill update then

[xtetx]

ive been vacuuming out my car and triggered the air bag lights. Once I cleared them its never come back haha

[Nino]

Right did a scan and got this...

Code: [Select]

1 Fault Found:
01218 - Side Airbag Igniter: Passenger Side (N200)
Tired to clear it many times but didn't work

[Wazzzer]

passenger seat then. Time to check the wiring

[northeast_gti-t]

passenger seat then. Time to check the wiring

As wazzzer says  had this on mine when i first got it sorted the loom and connector re-scanned and all sorted no more warning light

[Nino]

its finding the time to take a good look is the problem.
but i didnt notice the wires under the seat have been botched and there is alot of tape