Airbag warning light
Discussion
Take the bulb out! 
Paul, i am suprised this comes on, in a clubsport, was your car once fitted with airbags?
I don't know if it is done by the bosch hammer, but when I looked at taking my old airbag wheel off, the service guru chap did tell me it could be reset to stay off.....maybe that was a Porsche way of saying remove the bulb after all?
Paul, i am suprised this comes on, in a clubsport, was your car once fitted with airbags?
I don't know if it is done by the bosch hammer, but when I looked at taking my old airbag wheel off, the service guru chap did tell me it could be reset to stay off.....maybe that was a Porsche way of saying remove the bulb after all?
My 964 did this too, apparently the main culprits are the airbag ecu (bright orange box under dash) or the clock circuitry where the airbag warning light is mounted.
In the end i got sick of resetting the light and took the bulb out, however it still trips the computer everytime you start up so you will still have to click the button, however then you won't have a bright red light shining in your eye all the time at least.
Just so everyone knows when the light is on, or any circuitry is displaced eg. the bulb the sysem defaults to being OFF, this means you are in no risk of it exploding in your face.
However this fix should only be attempted for cars not being used on the road, and no responsibility will be accepted for anyone disabling their airbag system whatsoever.
In the end i got sick of resetting the light and took the bulb out, however it still trips the computer everytime you start up so you will still have to click the button, however then you won't have a bright red light shining in your eye all the time at least.
Just so everyone knows when the light is on, or any circuitry is displaced eg. the bulb the sysem defaults to being OFF, this means you are in no risk of it exploding in your face.
However this fix should only be attempted for cars not being used on the road, and no responsibility will be accepted for anyone disabling their airbag system whatsoever.
The airbag warning light wont show as it willbe in your ashtray or wherever you throw it!
Sounds like on your car the reason the airbag warning light is on is you dont have the right steering wheel.
The computer will ALWAYS flash on when the car is started till you turn it off with the switch no matter what (wish you could turn it off) and it does still function for all the other symptoms eg abs failure.
Sounds like on your car the reason the airbag warning light is on is you dont have the right steering wheel.
The computer will ALWAYS flash on when the car is started till you turn it off with the switch no matter what (wish you could turn it off) and it does still function for all the other symptoms eg abs failure.
Paul, have a look at this; http://p-car.com/diy/clockrepair/ it might / not be useful...the theory part at the end refers to airbag bulbs etc....
wildoliver said:
The computer will ALWAYS flash on when the car is started till you turn it off with the switch no matter what (wish you could turn it off) and it does still function for all the other symptoms eg abs failure.
Thanks for that, I'm now used to turning it off, just a bit of a pain
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