S4 Airbag Control modules?

[savidesn@audvid.win.net (Darin Nederhoff)]

Hey Gang,


Well, our S4 has had this minor quirk for a while now....  last
summer we drove it out to CO and the BuMpY roads seemed to make
our airbag light flicker.  Sometimes the light would flicker, other
times it would come on and stay on for a while then go out. 
Lately the darn thing has been on whenever driving the car.  Since
we're heading out for Door County, WI this weekend my father was
interested in getting the mystery solved.

Because of the 'flickering' nature, I was guessing that it was due
to a 'contact' problem...  sensors or something not making a good
connection?

Well, today the car went in to the local Audi dealer (who,
coincidentally, listed the car as 93 Audi 5000....  ummm.... sure,
gomer!) ;-)   Anyway, for $77 they plugged it in and told us that
our car needed a new airbag control module.  Well, anyone wanna
guess how much they wanted for this 'module'?  Ummmm... how much
is your soul worth to ya!?   ;-)   *GULP*  Dealer's quote was
$800!!!  DAMN, is this thing gold plated?  heheh   We declined the
repair obviously.  ;-)


Sooooo... has anyone else dealt with this?  Any ideas or input
would be appreciated.


Thanks,


Darin

 


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