RE: Air Bag Light staying on...??

[Jason Hutchinson <jason@tgl.com>]

I didn't get the recall either, but all you have to do is call your local
dealer and give them your vin # and schedule the appointment. They look up
your vin to make sure the recall affects your car and should do the work
free of charge. HTH

Jason
91'  200qt 129K and counting...


At 04:01 PM 8/24/98 -0400, Ed Kellock wrote:
>What if you did not get a recall notice?  I'm pretty sure that when I bought
>my Avant in 11-96, I filled out and sent in the card from the
>warranty/service manual for change of ownership.  I wonder if there's a way
>I can check on this.  Any ideas?  Actually I just remembered I received the
>airbag warning sticker so they must have my address, etc.  The Avant is my
>first Audi with an airbag.  They may have had my old address in Iowa,
>though.  I wonder if the mailings for recalls are forward-able mail.  When
>did this recall campaign begin?  Maybe I should call 1 800-AoA-AUDI or some
>such number to check on this.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Greg Johnson [SMTP:gregsj@iea.com]
>> Sent:	Monday, August 24, 1998 3:42 PM
>> To:	sargent@symposiafoundation.org
>> Cc:	200q20v list; Quattro List
>> Subject:	Re: Air Bag Light staying on...??
>> 
>> If you did not get a notice, Audi did a recall on the airbags (I'm not
>> entirely
>> sure what it entails because I haven't had mine done yet) but if you have
>> not done
>> your recall yet, I'd call a dealer, because it sounds like a perfect time
>> to do it.
>> 
>> GregJ
>> 
>> 
>> Sargent Schutt wrote:
>> 
>> > Well, as though the car needed more attention, it has since developed a
>> > problem with an air bag sensor - This used to turn out immediately, now
>> it
>> > stays on for a few minutes.
>> >
>> > What's the deal. In the back of my nimd I'm half expecting this thing to
>> blow
>> > up in my face. Is there a fix for this besides removing the warning
>> bulb?
>> >
>> > BTW I am in need of a new bomb, but I assume this is irrelevant. Maybe
>> this is
>> > one of those early hydraulic air bags? ;)
>> >
>> > TIA for any insight on this.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Sarge
>> >
>> > 91 200q 179k miles, TAP, Bilstein/Eibach, Stebro, Euros, etc and a dying
>> bomb..
>> > 95 Wrangler 33k miles with dysfunctional 4wd...
>> 
>> 
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