airbag fault?

[ukshaun]

I think i hit a bump in the road a little too hard and its set of an airbag fault on my car. Ive pluged in a fault code reader and it says its the passangers airbag circuit.

ive tried
- reseting the computer
-checking connections
-turning the airbag on and off in the glovebox.

The only other thing i can think of trying is taking the glovebox out and checking the rear connection on that?

anyone any ideas?

[Phil Miller]

there is a tread on here about this, is your code saying upper limit exceded? if so you need to remove the plugs under the seat and solder the wires together, mine had this code after hitting a cattle grid and it cleared down ok and hasnt come back

hope this helps mate

[skard]

As Phil mentioned, I made a post recently about a similar issue. Does your code reader give a code you can lookup in a table, or can you scan it with VCDS to see exactly what airbag is bringing up the fault?

My fault related to the seat airbags - I cut off a plug and soldered the wires together and so far it's worked (cleared ther fault afterwards).

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,39137.msg465739.html#msg465739

Taking the glovebox out is fairly easy though if you think it's the dash airbag.

[ukshaun]

its not exceeded, its actualy giving me the code, cant remember the eexact numbers. but i looked it up in the book and it said passenger side

[ukshaun]

thanks for the help lads, ill have a look behind the glovebox 2mora and if that doesnt work its under warranty