Airbag Ooops!

[djmhall]

I decided yesterday that I had been looking at bubbling leather on the steering wheel airbag for too long.

So I looked up a great how-to here and yesterday evening bolted back in what looked like a very smart and bubble free airbag.

The only problem is that this morning, I noticed the red airbag light had come on - it may have been there last night too.

Looking back at the thread earlier today, I noticed that I had put the red plug back on the wrong way!!

So, I have just been through the same battery disconnect procedure and now the plug is on the right way, but I still have the red airbag light. I have checked the fuse (Fuse 30?) and it seems OK.

I am starting to think that I may have wrecked the airbag by connecting it up the wrong way in the first place, although it seems strange that it is happy to be plugged in either way round.

Any ideas? Is it new airbag time?

Dom

 

[2b1ask1]

Hope for an answer Dom; it's a job on my winter list too!

 

[Parisien]

It might just need an SD2 diagnostic and full reset


P

 

[BennyD]

That would be my first course of action.

 

[CatmanV2]

I don't think you can 'wreck' an airbag. On our Alfas, it took a number of restarts before a poor airbag connection would eventually clear (147 particularly). The 4200 may be the same, but at a guess, a reset will be the worse case.

C

 

[djmhall]

Thanks Guys,

I will try and get the car hooked up to an SD2 - though it will be a few weeks until I will be able to find the time.

.. but I won't rush out and buy a replacement in the meantime.

Dom

 

[adam01]

I don't think you can 'wreck' an airbag. On our Alfas, it took a number of restarts before a poor airbag connection would eventually clear (147 particularly). The 4200 may be the same, but at a guess, a reset will be the worse case.

C

On a SAAB 95, it required 20 restarts before the it cleared.

 

[Geofflyn]

Thanks Guys,

I will try and get the car hooked up to an SD2 - though it will be a few weeks until I will be able to find the time.

.. but I won't rush out and buy a replacement in the meantime.


Dom

I don't know what it costs to get an SD2 check but isn't there an OBD. Reader that will reset the airbag code? Code readers are pretty cheap even at the expensive end of the scale (sounds a bit like tortology)

 

[Birdcage]

I don't know what it costs to get an SD2 check but isn't there an OBD. Reader that will reset the airbag code? Code readers are pretty cheap even at the expensive end of the scale (sounds a bit like tortology)

Sd2 is the only reset for the airbag system , obd wont let you in that far , good news is it takes less than 5 minutes to do it

 

[conaero]

Crikey a sensible response from out feathered friend, new year, new leaf?