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mike rallye

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hi guys after some info, I have fitted some excellent condition front seats, but I have now noticed they have no side airbag and was woundering how I go about turning the side airbag light off?

I don't want to take the bulb out of the dash. or am I going to have to buy ph3 seats to resolve this problem?

cheers mike
Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:08
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you can fit a resistor across the air bag resistor 8 or 9 ohms iirc, plenty of threads on this

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Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:09
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airbag connection, sorry cant edit!

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Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:10
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yeah but that wont turn the side airbag off those will it? because I have fitted a resistor to stop the airbag light flashing.it just the side airbag light staying on
Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:13
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The system will think there are side airbags connected and the light will go off.

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Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:15
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Its the side airbag connection you have to put the resistor across.

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Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:17
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do you have a picture of it? as am unsure were to join the resistor as there only 1 wire on the side airbag
Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:20
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I dont have a picture but i'm thinking there must be 2

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Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:21
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or it shares a common with the seatbelt pretensioners

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Posted 22nd Nov 2012 at 23:24
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right guys need some help , I have fitted a resistor on the air bag wires and it is still flashing along with the side airbag flashing. which I assume is the yellow plug? how to I resolve this one.
Posted 27th Nov 2012 at 21:54
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anybody that can help?
Posted 28th Nov 2012 at 10:16
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Post #12
if you look at Post #62 in my project thread
i managed to fix mine (i no longer have any airbags though)

Although being a Rallye i never had a passenger airbag, iirc the wires where my passenger airbag should be just had a plug in it

Was your airbag light going out okay before you removed the passenger airbag?

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Posted 28th Nov 2012 at 10:27
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http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=144590

1.8 ohm resistor was what i used

if the airbag light was flashing before you changed anything... it could be a damaged wire elsewhere
have you looked through the FAQ iirc that was pretty helpful for me

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Posted 28th Nov 2012 at 10:29
mike rallye

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so I need to buy another resistor and plug it on which plug from my picture?

no the airbag wasn't flashing before,it only since I have fitted these new seats which don't have side airbags .
Posted 28th Nov 2012 at 10:38
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i am not 100% sure what them yellow and red plugs is for

iirc its just two wires that went into the airbag? which it looks like you have already put a resistor between? Is that correct?

rename the thread by editing your top post
call it Airbag problems or something... more people will look

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Posted 28th Nov 2012 at 10:50
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Post #16
red one is for the side air bag. orange one which youve cut off and soldered is for the pre tensioner (which you could of connected up assuming your putting in ph1 gti seats)
Posted 28th Nov 2012 at 17:33
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well some progress - I have ow manged to sort the side airbag issue out.but the airbag light is still flashing. I think it the air bag behind the steering wheel at fault,would that use the same size resistor that I used for underneath the seats?

my other question is when I tilt the drivers seats to let people in the back the seat doesn't slide forward.would I be correct in thinking it the seat runners at fault?

any help would be grateful
Posted 2nd Dec 2012 at 12:31
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if it was either of the dash airbags, it would be a solid light. If its flashing, its a pre tensioner issue. you either havent connected one or its a bad connection (most likely).

Also, check for change in the seat runners. that seems to be the biggest cause of them getting stuck!
Posted 2nd Dec 2012 at 15:13
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Post #19
Niall wrote:
if it was either of the dash airbags, it would be a solid light. If its flashing, its a pre tensioner issue. you either havent connected one or its a bad connection (most likely).

Also, check for change in the seat runners. that seems to be the biggest cause of them getting stuck!


Interesting, my brothers light is on permanently. I'm yet to get PP on it as i've not been home.

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Posted 2nd Dec 2012 at 18:00
mike rallye

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Post #20
yeah i redone the connections on the pre tensioners and it is still flashing that why i thought it could be something else. not sure weather to re do it again?

Niall- i have checked the seat runners for change, which is ok. nothing stuck in the runners.
Posted 2nd Dec 2012 at 18:10
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Post #21
Are you sure you got the wires round the correct way and the pre tensioners have never fired (can tell by the plastic casing round steel cable on the belt plug will be crushed up.)
Posted 2nd Dec 2012 at 20:00
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Post #22
yeah there the right way, because assuming am right it doesn't matter which way the wires go? as I have used a resistor.

they have never fired either .could the resistor be knackered? how could I check?
Posted 2nd Dec 2012 at 20:44
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Post #23
take the resistor off and measure it with a multimeter. Depending on how they are monitored and fired, it could be that it throws a small voltage in one direction to monitor and throws a bigger voltage in the other to fire. that would be the safest way to stop the chances of accidental activations.
Posted 2nd Dec 2012 at 22:31
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cheers for advice guys. got it all sorted today, turned out to be bad connection .
Posted 8th Dec 2012 at 18:33
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Post #25
for the first 5 months of owning mine the airbag light flashed for 5 mins then stayed on constantlyUnsure

I just jiggled the orange plug under the seat one day after the ol woman had hoovered the car out and it stopped flashing and now works perfectlyThumbs up Smile
Posted 9th Dec 2012 at 10:38

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