Polo airbag light

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So I have an airbag warning light on my 2011 polo..

I went to VW to see how much they'd charge to fix. Around R1300 for diagnosis :wtf:

So I thought, screw that, I'll find someone else. Went to Airbag Doctor in Boksburg. I told them I hadn't had any crashes or anything. Two foreign chaps, not very polite, can't speak much english (some Europeans I'm guessing). So they plugged in their laptop to the car, took a while, and eventually they were done - light gone (I think they just reset). Charged me R500 - cool, that's fine I thought.

The next day, the light came back on :mad: so I went all the way back there. They did the same thing. Couple days later, it's back again :mad:

Any advice here? Not keen to pay the stealership so much cash.. Airbag Doctor clearly doesn't live up to their name :mad:
 
Unplug the light? :D

On a serious note, maybe find someone with VAGCOM and see if you can pull the error codes
 
Is the light maybe not on due to some real fault/error?

Rather get it seen to than find out the hard way that your airbag is not working
 
jman said:
So I have an airbag warning light on my 2011 polo..

I went to VW to see how much they'd charge to fix. Around R1300 for diagnosis :wtf:

So I thought, screw that, I'll find someone else. Went to Airbag Doctor in Boksburg. I told them I hadn't had any crashes or anything. Two foreign chaps, not very polite, can't speak much english (some Europeans I'm guessing). So they plugged in their laptop to the car, took a while, and eventually they were done - light gone (I think they just reset). Charged me R500 - cool, that's fine I thought.

The next day, the light came back on :mad: so I went all the way back there. They did the same thing. Couple days later, it's back again :mad:

Any advice here? Not keen to pay the stealership so much cash.. Airbag Doctor clearly doesn't live up to their name :mad:
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Are you able to visit JHB south?
 
jman said:
Maybe. What's there?
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My dads workshop, deals with airbag lights all the time, could be faulty wiring or a seat belt tensioner or a sensor.

Charges R550 (i think) for the diagnostic but if you book the car in to fix the issue the R550 gets deducted from the invoice.
 
You should have it sorted out ASAP, just picture what would happen if the airbag deploys while you're doing 120km/h on the freeway. If its the driver' side, you'll most likely crash. If its the passenger's side you'll be freaked out and disoriented because an airbag makes a moerse noise when it deploys
 
Rickster said:
My dads workshop, deals with airbag lights all the time, could be faulty wiring or a seat belt tensioner or a sensor.

Charges R550 (i think) for the diagnostic but if you book the car in to fix the issue the R550 gets deducted from the invoice.
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Could you PM me contact details? I've got a loose airbag sensor wire, which Audi are waiting for a plug for. For the past 4 months... Not going back there. A4 B6
 
Rickster said:
My dads workshop, deals with airbag lights all the time, could be faulty wiring or a seat belt tensioner or a sensor.

Charges R550 (i think) for the diagnostic but if you book the car in to fix the issue the R550 gets deducted from the invoice.
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Thanks, it's quite far for me (I'm in Centurion). Going to try a place called HiTech Auto Electrical
 
Elax said:
Could you PM me contact details? I've got a loose airbag sensor wire, which Audi are waiting for a plug for. For the past 4 months... Not going back there. A4 B6
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Not really going to help if my dad cant get the part too, keep pushing Audi.
 
They should have told you what caused the light to go on, the ecu will log the fault in its log as to what caused it.

We can help if you around the Midrand area.
 
Elax said:
Could you PM me contact details? I've got a loose airbag sensor wire, which Audi are waiting for a plug for. For the past 4 months... Not going back there. A4 B6
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Which airbag? Assuming the plug got broken somehow?
 
jman said:
Two foreign chaps, not very polite, can't speak much english (some Europeans I'm guessing). So they plugged in their laptop to the car, took a while, and eventually they were done - light gone (I think they just reset). Charged me R500 - cool, that's fine I thought.
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:D

"Hmmm, instead of the dealership, let me just trust these two guys with this important safety item."

Personally, I would just go to the dealership instead of having an airbag explode while driving on the highway. I'm sure you value your life more than R1300.
 
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