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Hi All,
Been having intermittent airbag problems with my old MK2B which I ended up giving to my dad, rather than selling it.
When I had it, the airbag lights would come on every so often, but this also seemed to coincide with starting issues. This was down to a duff battery, I had the lights reset a few times, but eventually they'd come back on.
After I gave the car to my dad, he had the battery replaced, and the problem seemed to go away.
Anyway, it came back, he took it into his local garage and they plugged it in and read the fault codes... they told him it was showing a passenger airbag switch fault, replaced the switch, and reset the codes.... problem solved.
Except, it's come back on again :bang: :bang:
It's both lights that are coming on, my understanding of this is that both lights will only come on if it's a passenger airbag fault. I've just had a look at it, what's happening is when you turn on ignition all lights come on and extinguish as normal, except both airbag lights. Upon starting the engine, the passenger airbag light flashes a few times then stays on solid (driver one always solid). I've turned the passenger switch to off, and now both are just solid.
Due to the intermittent nature of it, i'm beginning to suspect a wiring issue and/or airbag ECU fault. Anyone got any suggestions / ideas ?
I've told him he'll probably need to take it to a Fiat specialist to get it plugged in with the fiat software as the snap-on tools the local garage has possibly isn't reading the codes correctly. But, this costs an absolute fortune, which is a problem as the car is starting to turn into a bit of a money pit.
Anyways, and help / comments / suggestions, much appreciated.
And, if anyone in Glasgow has FIAT ecuscan software wants to pop round for a coffee, you're more than welcome
Cheers,
Chris.
Been having intermittent airbag problems with my old MK2B which I ended up giving to my dad, rather than selling it.
When I had it, the airbag lights would come on every so often, but this also seemed to coincide with starting issues. This was down to a duff battery, I had the lights reset a few times, but eventually they'd come back on.
After I gave the car to my dad, he had the battery replaced, and the problem seemed to go away.
Anyway, it came back, he took it into his local garage and they plugged it in and read the fault codes... they told him it was showing a passenger airbag switch fault, replaced the switch, and reset the codes.... problem solved.
Except, it's come back on again :bang: :bang:
It's both lights that are coming on, my understanding of this is that both lights will only come on if it's a passenger airbag fault. I've just had a look at it, what's happening is when you turn on ignition all lights come on and extinguish as normal, except both airbag lights. Upon starting the engine, the passenger airbag light flashes a few times then stays on solid (driver one always solid). I've turned the passenger switch to off, and now both are just solid.
Due to the intermittent nature of it, i'm beginning to suspect a wiring issue and/or airbag ECU fault. Anyone got any suggestions / ideas ?
I've told him he'll probably need to take it to a Fiat specialist to get it plugged in with the fiat software as the snap-on tools the local garage has possibly isn't reading the codes correctly. But, this costs an absolute fortune, which is a problem as the car is starting to turn into a bit of a money pit.
Anyways, and help / comments / suggestions, much appreciated.
And, if anyone in Glasgow has FIAT ecuscan software wants to pop round for a coffee, you're more than welcome
Cheers,
Chris.