[Vwdiesel] Starting problems now Airbags.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cook" <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com>
To: "diesel list" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Starting problems


<snippo>I know that in the late 80s, early-mid
90s VWs, the ignition switches seem to be a little bit
fragile.  And, they are a bit of a pain in the butt to
change out (esp if you've got an airbag)<snippo>

David



Holy crap.  I never realized that my '91 Jetta very probably has an airbag
inside that full looking steering wheel center.  With all the electrical
flakiness of this car I have to be honest and tell you that this kinda'
scares the shit out of me!!!!!  Last thing in the world I want is to die in
a highway accident caused solely by my airbag going off for no reason
immobilizing the driver.  The fact that the car has had many owners so far
and logged almost half a million kilometers is a bit of assurance that this
isn't a high probability....but still.  Comments?

Rob