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

[Phil Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>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...

Sarge,
I posted on the qlist about this a couple of months ago, having noted the
same long period (over 2 minutes) in my "new" '91 200q. Records show the PO
of my car had complained of this problem soon _after_ the airbag recall
work was done last Fall. He returned to dealer who stated (on a work order)
that they were unable to find any specific "problem". Nothing further was
done AFAIK.

I called Audi about this situation and had a discussion with the Customer
Relations rep (Amanda). She checked with the AoA "safety guy" and called me
back saying something to the effect of "The long light isn't proper
behavior of the system. You should bring it to an authorized Audi dealer to
have it checked out, but the diagnosis will be at _your_ cost." The
implication was that they would bear the overall cost only if it was
verified that the problem was caused by faulty parts or improper
installation. I suppose they wanted to avoid bearing any cost to fix
something caused by 3rd party (or owner) malfeasance.

I haven't done anything further about this (yet).

FWIW, a V8 owner on the list replied that he also had the long airbag
light, and as I recall, his problem was after bag-recall work as well.

Phil

Phil Rose				Rochester, NY
'89 100 (For Sale, 111K, automatic)
'91 200q				mailto:pjrose@servtech.com