[V8] Airbag warning light

[Ron Wainwright]

Has the battery been unhooked?? Or you get the car
with this condition Alex?? But
in any event you just need to clear the code with the
VAG COM
 & theres a yahoo grupee ;).....that lists members in
your area that are willing too let you use theres...or
help you clear the codes.

 Thanx
Ron
90 CQ 2.6l 20vt 600whp stroker project
90 Ve...hell alot of V8's!

Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:09:37 -0800
From: "Jeremy Ward" <jward.v8 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] Airbag warning light
To: "'alexander stickler'" <a_stickler at yahoo.com>,
<v8 at audifans.com>
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Hey Alex, welcome to V8 ownership and the list.

I will echo Steve's comments about checking things out
with the VAG COM
tool.  There is a 2 pin connector for talking to the
airbag behind the 
radio
wrapped in grey foam that is the same style of
connector as the 4 ODB1
connectors in the passenger foot well (below floor
mat).

I had this same issue with mine for about a year.  I
took it into the
dealership and they said "dunno, it's an old car; it
will do weird 
things.
You know, most people drive new Audis (hint hint)" 
They didn't know 
about
the connector behind the radio, let alone the fact
that Audi made a 
model
called the vee-eight! ;-)

On mine I had the airbag recall done.  Dealership
should be able to 
tell you
this based on VIN.  Post-recall there is a missing
energy module under 
the
driver's side rear seat.  Mine has the wiring harness
hacked off at 
that
location.  They then replaced the airbag control
module behind the 
radio
(it's hovering above the transmission tunnel) with an
integrated unit -
control module and energy reserve all in one.

I don't know anyone locally with the tool, so I never
reset mine.  It 
has
now gone from the 2min 'warm up warning' to on
constantly.  I should 
really
find a scanner to look into it as mine (unlike yours)
it *totally*
non-functional...

Good luck,

- Jeremy
www.MyV8Q.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On 
Behalf Of
alexander stickler
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 7:39 AM
To: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: [V8] Airbag warning light

I have owned my V8Q for about 6 months now.  Since I
have owned it, the
airbag light comes on for about 2 minutes on start-up
and then turns 
off.
How do I interpret that? Has it decided that it
actually does function
properly, or is Audi trying to avoid overloading me
with information by
turning the light off after some period of time even
though the airbag 
has a
problem?

Cheers,

Alex Stickler

'90 V8Q - 380,000km
'83 UrQ - 3B 20VT




 
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