Airbag Warning Light

[darrens]

I was removing the ipod lead from the stereo last night and had unplugged the airbag warning light.  I wanted to check the stereo was working before putting the dash back in place so silly me turned on the ignition without reconnecting the airbag warning light and I now have a airbag error light.

I know this can be removed with vagcom however I don't have it and don't know anyone with it (I'm from N Ireland).  Is there any other way to get rid of it without a trip to the dealers?

Thanks

[SteveP]

Sorry dealers or VCDS/VAGCOM for this one.

[20vt2008]

Try leaving the battery totally disconnected for 30 mins you might get lucky and clear the faults

[darrens]

Thanks.  Is leaving the battery disconnected likely to affect anything else apart from clocks etc?

[JPC]

Not really

[bacillus]

Where abouts are you mate as someone nearby may have a VCDS cable handy and willing to clear any fault codes.

[RedRobin]

Thanks.  Is leaving the battery disconnected likely to affect anything else apart from clocks etc?

....Yes.

- If you have a remap, some (such as Revo) will automatically revert back to 'stock'. This is actually a good thing and not a problem because you can simply reload the 'performance' map via the OBD port.

- It can also reset some of your SatNav stored info and settings to default on aftermarket built-in systems such as Alpine and Pioneer.