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Re: Air Bag Light



The air bag light on my V8 decided to stay on a couple weeks ago.  My
mechanic has VAG 1551 (or 1552, would that matter?).  He was not able to
access airbag functionality.

Ed Kellock, newly unemployed...
Greenville, SC  USA
91 V8q 5-speed
87 Coupe GT
91 200q Avant, no longer in limbo, definitely available for immediate
sale

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:39:06 -0700  "Buchholz, Steven"
<Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com> writes:
>My theory on it is that the battery in the thing may be going out and 
>takes
>that long to recharge to an acceptable level.  Has the airbag recall 
>been
>done on the car?
>
>I believe that you can read codes from the airbag system using the 
>1551 ...
>it might not hurt to have it tested.
>
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dan Simoes [mailto:dans@iclick.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 8:07 AM
>> To: Christopher Gharibo
>> Cc: 20V List; Quattro List
>> Subject: Re: Air Bag Light
>> 
>> 
>> Christopher Gharibo wrote:
>> > 
>> > I have a '91 Audi CQ with 57k miles. The Air Bag light has 
>> been staying on
>> > longer than usual lately after the car is started, as long 
>> as 5 mins after I
>> > start driving.
>> > 
>> > This happenned suddenly and definetly was not the case 
>> prior.  Any ideas on
>> > what can be wrong?
>> > 
>> > Also, I intend to flush my Pentosin this weekend.  Any 
>> tidbits I should pay
>> > attention to besides the info given on the 20V list.
>> > 
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> > 
>> > Chris
>> 
>> Many of our cars are doing this, and no one knows why.
>> My mechanic has offered to check my computer when I get the 
>> time to get over there...
>> 
>> | Dan |
>> --
>> Dan Simoes
>> iClick, Inc.				email:dans@iclick.com
>> 410 Saw Mill River Road, LL135		voice:914-693-0837
>> Ardsley, NY 10502			fax:914-693-1055
>> 

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