airbag light

[a3guy]

i have had this error come up a few times now ,

01739 - Crash Sensor for Front Airbag; Pass. Side (G284)

011 - Open Circuit - Intermittent

anyone had this fault before is there anything i can physically check.
this car seems to have loads of electrical gremlins.

 

[a3guy]

anyone ?

 

[coupe-se]

When my car was new it had an airbag fault showing, which hadn't been sorted on the Pdi.

The dealership I bought it from said it was a simple sensor fault that would be fixed with a straight swap for a new unit.......... new sensor = no more problems.

Not sure how common was/is but they knew straight away what the exact problem was as if they'd come across it before.

 

[donvas]

Hi the A3's suffer with poor contacts connectors on the seat airbag loom.They have a mood in which they remove one of the connectors plug behind the back seat cover and hard wire it in.Only do this if you know how to handle airbags....

 

[a3guy]

cheers guys

gonna try and get the dealer to cough up , as the car is 2 months out of warranty

 

[a3guy]

dealer wanted to charge me £90 just to diagnose the fault

no chance i am paying that! after a bit of searcing on the net i found that there are two sensors hidden behind the front crossmember one for driver and the other one for passenger, i have swapped these around to see if the fault moves to the drivers side.

the connector that is attached to the sensor seems a bit loose on the passenger side, it has a part number of 3b0 973 702 so i assume it can be replaced.

anyone changed these connectors before ?

 

[a3guy]

does anyone have access to the price of parts ?

need a price for 8E0 959 651B a3 crash sensor ?

 

[JohnS3]

Try vagparts, much cheaper than the dealer parts department.

 

[a3guy]

cheers with give them a try , some on ebay for £18 but who knows where they have come from bit risky as it could save your life.