[V6-12v] Air bag light stays on

[Lino M. Valadas]

Which receptacle did you remove and to what extent?

TIA

Lino



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilfried Link" <wilfriedlink at yahoo.com>
To: <apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu>; "V6" <v6-12v at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Air bag light stays on


> For years, mine would go out for a moment after
> starting the car,but then come back on and stay on for
> a while then go out again. The problem was said to be
> a warning lamp circuit problem, so I cleaned the bulb
> receptacle contacts on the instrument panel circuit
> board and changed the bulb to no avail. A few months
> ago, I removed the receptacle for an unrelatd repair,
> and when I put it back together the problem
> disappeared and has not reappeared.
> 
> Wil
> 1995 A6 Avant  
> 
> --- "apowell at colocougs.org" <apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> > This ought to be simple but it's not....
> > 
> > My wife's 1993 90Q went through some interesting
> > electrical problems due to broken wires in the loom
> > going to the trunk lid.  Dash lights went in and
> > out, the entire gauge cluster went in and out, and
> > sometimes both were giving problems until I fixed
> > the broken wires and replaced sundry blown fuses.
> > 
> > The wires are repaired, but the air bag light came
> > on during this exercise and won't go out.  I have
> > tried disconnecting the red power connection above
> > the driver's legs in hopes that it would re-set
> > the light, but no luck. All fuses in the under-hood
> > fuse box are OK.
> > 
> > Has anyone ever run into this and solved the
> > problem? Is there perhaps another fuse or fusible
> > link
> > I might be missing? Due to the timing of the
> > problem, I'm thinking the air bag light is simply
> > confused, but I'm out of ideas on what to try.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance..
> > ************************************
> > Al Powell
> > apowell at gocougs.wsu.edu
> > 1958 Fiat 1200 Transformabile Spyder
> > 1983 Datsun 280ZX Turbo, IZCC #585
> > 1993 Audi 90Q
> > 1991 Camaro RS Convertible
> > 1997 Chebby Blazer
> > 1999 Chebby Blazer
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> > 
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