airbag warning light

[jmspear]

Just a quick post to share an interesting experience. I was changing the stereo and powered the car up with the dashboard trim and stereo removed to check new wiring before reassembling - doh, got the airbag warning light as the passenger airbag deactivated light was disconnected. Oh i thought, will need agcom to reset, tried the disconnect the battery for 10 mins trick all to no avail, airbag warning light stayed on. I have been really busy over last three weeks so no time to find a vagcom user, and lo and hebold after ~ 2 weeks and approx 1000 miles I noticed the warning light had gone off and stayed off, it has mysteriously reset itself - Yipee 

So if you make a basic beginers mistkae like me, just drive around for a couple of weeks and with luck it will reset itself.

(I did upload a SC stage 2 map during this time but can't believe this would make any difference?)

Hope this experience works for others

Cheers

John

[stealthwolf]

Why did you need to disconnect the light?

[Nasir]

Why did you need to disconnect the light?

Provides easier access to the panels with the whole thing out of the way.

[jmspear]

spot nasir, have not disconnected it in the past, but is easier to take the whole panel off and get it out the way. At least it was until I powered back up to check the radio worked with all the panels off doh........ next time I will just keep the battery disconnected until all safely back together.

[stealthwolf]

TBH I've removed and refitted my RNS at least three times and never did I have any issues with the passenger airbag light wiring.

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I did this whilst checking out my headunit to see if the wiring harness had been cut, luckily it had'nt so when it came to fitting the new headunit i worked around due to not wanting to get the light turned off again.

[jmspear]

you only get the airbag light if you turn the ignition on with a component disconnected in the airbag system, it is very sensitive to changed resistances and throws a warning light which usually stays on and can only go out with a vagcom or equivalent to reset it. It reads the changed resistance as a fault. the strange thing in this instance is that it reset itself.

I know, I know all about it and still made a noob error of turning on the ignition with a component disconnected!!

[daboy3000]

I did this last night!! What a donut, you think I would have learnt from when I did the same with the steering wheel one.

Will try driving around for a few weeks, unless someone in the Croydon or Oxted area has a VagCom, 10 mins and fancies a beer!!