£86 to reset airbag light ????????

[chris6210]

Seat in Tysley Birmingham want £86 to reset my airbag light !!!!!!
I only took the glove box out and undid the connector to the passenger airbag isolating switch. Robbing Bas***ds !!!!!

Any suggestions on cheaper alternatives ????

Thanks.

 

[Murdered LCR]

i done this as well but i no a few mates with vag com they swiched it off for free lol .. where do you live

 

[chris6210]

I live in Solihull West Midlands near to Birmingham. I have tried a post in VAG-COM section with no luck.
I am looking at reset tools on e-bay at the moment but they still cost around £50 and no guarantee it will work.

 

[Murdered LCR]

you need vag com maybe some one will post thats near you .. im to far to travel other wise i would do it

 

[chris6210]

Thanks Dan I hope you are right.
How can stealers justify the charge ? I would imagine it would take all of 2 mins.
No wonder they have such a poor reputation. People value FSSH ! To be honest I wouldn't trust a main dealer to change my oil let alone a full service.

 

[Murdered LCR]

yer it takes 5 mins top plug it in scan hit reset then its done lol ... hopefully soe one will pop up soon and help you out thats near you ...but 86quid is a joke

 

[james walker]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Audi-Seat-...gnostic_Tools_Equipment?hash=item290291306808

60 quid but then you have it for next time.....

 

[speedinsaxo]

I know it's annoying, but can't you just drive round with it on until your next service and then they can reset it for as as part of the service?? That's what I did.

 

[truCido]

£60 dont be silly!! You can buy a cable off ebay for about £10 / £12 an do it yourself or find someone in your local area

 

[james walker]

if you have vagcom, or someone else does, i think if he knew someone that had it hed of sorted it by now.

 

[chris6210]

I know it's annoying, but can't you just drive round with it on until your next service and then they can reset it for as as part of the service?? That's what I did.

I may well be selling before the next service is due

 

[james walker]

buy the 60 quid kit, reset it and sell it on at a slight loss then youve only spent the difference.....

 

[chris6210]

£60 dont be silly!! You can buy a cable off ebay for about £10 / £12 an do it yourself or find someone in your local area

Is this the sort of thing required ????? Will it do the job linked to my laptop with the software it comes with ????? How easy is it to do?????

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAG-COM-Seria...14&_trkparms=72:1689|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1308

 

[truCido]

Yeah that's the one! (that might be the guy I bought from actually)

do you have a serial port on your laptop?

 

[james walker]

thats just a pants ebay cable for vagcom, youll need the full vagcom license to reset the airbag light, and thatll be £250.

theres no cheap way to do it mate, personally id get a reader use it and sell it to retrieve cash, either way its better than 86quid.

 

[truCido]

thats just a pants ebay cable for vagcom, youll need the full vagcom license to reset the airbag light, and thatll be £250.

theres no cheap way to do it mate, personally id get a reader use it and sell it to retrieve cash, either way its better than 86quid.

no you dont!! you just clear the code. The reader works in the same way vag-com does..

oh and I've cleared airbag lights before

 

[sicupra]

£60 dont be silly!! You can buy a cable off ebay for about £10 / £12 an do it yourself or find someone in your local area

I think you need a copy with registered ross tech licence to actually reset it.

 

[james walker]

and if it doent work....

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hmmh, return only if unopened...

you can clear the stored code, but to reset the light so it doenst come back on with a £15 cable.....

ebay cables with free vagcom much talked about in the vagcom section

 

[Rick1.8t]

At the risk of sounding stupid - would disconnecting the battery for a while clear the fault?

Rick

 

[james walker]

probably but it will come back matey.