Air bag warning in "messages"

[arnoldhar]

Just fitted my Cruise switch on my vantage and the air bag indicator message has not got out when the bag is refitted, any ideas how to reset or is it a dealer job

thanks

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Same here.

I removed the steering wheel a few months back and the airbag light has been on ever since. I haven't had the chance to visit the dealer yet for reset. I had hoped there was a way to reset the light myself, but no one has suggested any to date.

[arnoldhar]

well if i find out will let you know, lesson one do not unplug air bag when i fit the bluetooth switch!

[Billieray]

I unplugged 3 times the airbag without removing the battery cables and no one problem

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Billieray said:

I unplugged 3 times the airbag without removing the battery cables and no one problem

Yes, but did you turn the ignition on while the airbag was disconnected? I did so that I could move the car. Apparently that's the difference between the airbag light not being tripped in the first place.

[V12Vantage]

Will a battery disconnect not clear the stored code, as there is no permanent hard fault.

[Tony V12V]

V12Vantage said:

Will a battery disconnect not clear the stored code, as there is no permanent hard fault.

'Safety' systems fault codes "usually" need software to clear

[X7LDA]

The fault needs sortware to clear.

It's usually to do with the Airbag coil in behind the air bag itself. Easy to break, tear, snap or just become loose if you do anything with the wheel itself.

Mine snapped - wasn't an expensive fix from memory.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

X7LDA said:

The fault needs sortware to clear.

It's usually to do with the Airbag coil in behind the air bag itself. Easy to break, tear, snap or just become loose if you do anything with the wheel itself.

Mine snapped - wasn't an expensive fix from memory.

My clock spring is good, since all functions on the wheel work just fine. I suppose only the airbag connection could be buggered, but what's the odds of that being the case? More likely it got set because of turning the igntion on and the car going thru the system check (and failing) and then the code being stored permanently and needing reset via AM test equipment.

[X7LDA]

DB9VolanteDriver said:

X7LDA said:

The fault needs sortware to clear.

It's usually to do with the Airbag coil in behind the air bag itself. Easy to break, tear, snap or just become loose if you do anything with the wheel itself.

Mine snapped - wasn't an expensive fix from memory.

My clock spring is good, since all functions on the wheel work just fine. I suppose only the airbag connection could be buggered, but what's the odds of that being the case? More likely it got set because of turning the igntion on and the car going thru the system check (and failing) and then the code being stored permanently and needing reset via AM test equipment.

All functions on my wheel worked fine when mine failed.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

X7LDA said:

DB9VolanteDriver said:

X7LDA said:

The fault needs sortware to clear.

It's usually to do with the Airbag coil in behind the air bag itself. Easy to break, tear, snap or just become loose if you do anything with the wheel itself.

Mine snapped - wasn't an expensive fix from memory.

My clock spring is good, since all functions on the wheel work just fine. I suppose only the airbag connection could be buggered, but what's the odds of that being the case? More likely it got set because of turning the igntion on and the car going thru the system check (and failing) and then the code being stored permanently and needing reset via AM test equipment.

All functions on my wheel worked fine when mine failed.

That doesn't surprise me, since all things do fail. But in my case it was working before I took the bag off, but not after re-installing it, yet everything else works. So unless I am incredibly unlucky, it is not a failed clockspring but instead simply a stored code.

[arnoldhar]

I didn't even take the wheel off just the air bag off, I cut the cruise switch in with the wheel in place,only because I didn't have a torque drive big enough to removal the wheel. I did however switch the ignition on while the bag was off thus registering the fault. Anyway car is booked in to have the cruise function switched on in the ECU on Monday and hopefully just a simple reset for the airbag. I will be very surprised and disappointed if it's anything else as all was find until I unplugged it !