[s-cars] Fuel gauge sender/sensor and airbag light

[steve powers]

Mark suggests:

The airbag sensor light can be as simple as a wire swap. We had our dash
lights fixed under warranty. Afterwards, the airbag sensor was on. The
mechanic had swapped the check engine light into the airbag sensor hole.
Voila! No more airbag sensor problems.

A new O2 sensor fixed the check engine light.

You could probably test this theory by disconnecting the O2 sensor.

Steve

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
>  [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Mark Strangways
>  Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:20 AM
>  To: Chen, Joseph; S-CAR at audifans.com
>  Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fuel gauge sender/sensor and airbag light
>
>
>  From what I can tell you,
>
>  The fuel sender is part of the pump assy in the tank.
>  It is accessed thru a cover in the trunk above the rear axle
>  "hub" While mine is not in the best calibration, it still
>  works so I am not going to ask for trouble.
>
>  The air bag light on my car comes on as well for about the
>  same length of time. Apparently, as I was told be the
>  dealer, there is a software upgrade that was performed on my
>  car during a repair on the dash that was performed due to an
>  attempted car theft. I don't know if there explanation is
>  true or not, there would be some sort of information at Audi
>  of America or Canada. I have not bothered to check there
>  explanation, though it would be nice to know if I was lied
>  to or not :-)
>
>  HTH's somewhat,
>
>  Mark S
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Chen, Joseph" <joseph-chen at uiowa.edu>
>  To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>  Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:59 PM
>  Subject: [s-cars] Fuel gauge sender/sensor and airbag light
>
>
>  > Hi,
>  > I just bought a 1995 S6 Avant.  I filled the tank up
>  yesterday and was
>  > driving along when the fuel light came on and I saw the
>  needle on the
>  > fuel gauge just start dropping to zero.  Do I need a new sender or
>  > sensor?
>  Where
>  > would I find it in the engine and where can I buy one?
>  >
>  > Also, the airbag light goes on for 2 minutes every time I
>  start the
>  > car
>  and
>  > then goes out.  Does that mean the gold-plated connectors
>  or something
>  > are about to go?
>  >
>  > Thanks.
>  >
>  > Joseph
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