Airbag light comes on and stays on for...

[al]

Sorry about that, it's a 1990 80 non-Q. I will disconnect the airbag, remove 
the rear seat and check the connectors, clean them with an electronics 
cleaner and reconnect those connectors on those boxes.

-----Original Message----- 
From: cobram at juno.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:08 PM
To: streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com
Cc: Quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Airbag light comes on and stays on for...

You don't mention the car, but if it's similar to the V8Q, it's a power
loss Diagnostics "hard" code for the airbag.  The only way to clear this
is to hook up either a VAG 1551/1552 or VAGCom to the airbag diagnostic
leads and clear this code. These leads are under the top of the
driver's side carpeted trans tunnel cover on the V8Q.  It can be
triggered by working in the area such as installing a stereo or changing
a cluster etc.

BCNU,
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

"al" <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com> writes:
> When I start the car the airbag light comes on and goes off within
> 5-10 sec.  Today the light stayed on for approximately 30 sec and
> went out as I was driving down the road. It repeated this twice
> more, each time I started.
>
> I don�t have the fancy on-board diagnostics.
>
> I know the bag is at least 10 yrs old. Do I need to buy a new bag or
> send one of its components to someone to reset it?
>
> The bag was not activated or minor bumps to bumper, I think.
>