Vince70 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 I wonder if someone could give me some advice as I decided I'm quite bored after getting my A3 looking nice again.Sorry it's upside down..I've found a cheap new Beetle now that is classed as a Cat C and has taken a whack in the front corner and the airbags have been deployed. I just wondered is it just a case of just bolting in a new dash and steering wheel (maybe seats as well) with a new set of air bags and resetting with a vagcom lead or is it more technical and do I need a new ECU as well. The car is cheap but obviously it's never going to be worth much so I wouldn't want to get involved to deep as I would also have to do the bodywork repairs (and maybe sort out a wishbone and steering rack as well and it may end up a money pit.
Guest Lord Sward Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 New or reflashed crash ECU isn't it? Vince70 1
Vince70 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks I think I may give it a miss then as it looks like it will start getting a bit to costly to repair and that's before finding anything else wrong with the motor.
Guest Lord Sward Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Its an Audi. Everything is going to go wrong.
philibusmo Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Take the airbags in your hands, roll them up and squash them back into the dash/steering wheel and then duct tape the covers back into place. Then remove the airbag light. Job jobbed. Vince70, HH-R and Sigmund Fraud 3
twosmoke300 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Even easier than removing the bulb just a well aimed 3mm drill bit through the clocks into the bulb. Vince70 1
UltraWomble Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Does it have to have airbags?Sorry if this is a silly question, but Im sure Ive seen something quite modern with an after market steering wheel (think it was a PT Cruiser) which wouldn't have had any airbags. Is it for personal use or selling on?
twosmoke300 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 All joking aside the airbag light has to work in the correct sequence to pass an mot. I've certainly not seen cars with the airbag light spliced into the charge light circuit . not ever .
hairymel Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 afaik srs light indicating a fault = fail srs light out of sequence/missing/inoperative = pass and advise abs light indicating a fault/inoperative = fail abs light out of sequence/conected to oil light/conected to charge circuit = pass and advise
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