RE: Air Bag Light On

["Tom Saltino" <saltinot@mindspring.com>]

Apparently something was not getting good contact.  I took everything apart
Saturday and tested the igniter ring (aka clock spring).  The service manual
stated that you should get a 0-1ohm reading between the two air bag
terminals on the igniter ring.  Mine came in at 1.1.  I thought "ohh well I
guess I need to buy a new one".  I put it all back together and used the VAG
to clear the fault code.  I started the car and the light was off!  It has
remained off since.  I tried clearing the code three times before
disassembly only to have the airbag light glaring back at me again.
Hopefully it will never come back.  If it does I guess I will just have to
get a sport three spoke wheel.  That will really stink! ;-)

Thanks for all the input guys,

Tom Saltino
'94 S4

-----Original Message-----
From:	Robert Myers [mailto:rmyers@inetone.net]
Sent:	Tuesday, April 13, 1999 11:51 AM
To:	saltinot@mindspring.com
Cc:	Quattro list
Subject:	Re: Air Bag Light On

At 10:28 AM 4/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I went outside this morning to go to work and my airbag light is on.  The
>1551 gives a code for "resistance value being to high?"  Anybody know what
>this means or what I can do to make it go away?

Just a guess, Tom.  Is the resistance of the arming circuit checked by the
'puter?  If so, an open (broken or disconnected wire) will result in an
infinitely high resistance value.  Perhaps?


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