Airbag slip ring £95

[leegt5]

Think this is the reason my Airbag light is on as the resistance was going up and down as I turned the steering wheel so rung up Vagparts and its £95.00 wonder how much it would be from Seat !!

Found a place that has a load of second hand Volkswagen ones at a fraction of the price does anyone know which volkswagen would use part no. 1H0 959 653B

Also I heard Volkswagens carry a 6 year warranty on Safety Devices fitted to their cars, does the same apply to Seat ??

Cheers
LEE

 

[Forbez]

IIRC its a VW passat.

 

[SpareMan]

current part number you want is 1H0 959 653 E which from a SEAT dealer would be £99.56 inc VAT.

A 1H part number is Golf Mk 3 but I would expect to see this part on more than just this Golf

 

[leegt5]

Thanks peeps when I did a google search on this part number a passat come up !! So thats a Passat and Mk3 Golf !! Couple of models to chose from then !!

 

[jonesya3]

Take the slip ring out and clean the contacts + inside the slip ring first, i had the same problem when i first got my cupra and a good clean done the trick but you will have to clear the error code with vagcom afterwards if i remember correct

 

[h17och]

let me know where you ge tone from as i need one too!

snapped mine by disconnecting the steering column and turned the wheel too much...oops

 

[turboboy]

let me know where you ge tone from as i need one too!

snapped mine by disconnecting the steering column and turned the wheel too much...oops

im in the same boat expensive mistake!!! grrrrr!

 

[widdowd]

VW Lupo and Arosa are the same as the MK3 Golf and Passat. Needed a new one for the Lupo and VW wanted £100 for one.. Went to a local VW breakers and got a MK3 golf one for £20...... Sorted

 

[leegt5]

Take the slip ring out and clean the contacts + inside the slip ring first, i had the same problem when i first got my cupra and a good clean done the trick but you will have to clear the error code with vagcom afterwards if i remember correct

Does it just pull apart off the back of the steering wheel ??

 

[jonesya3]

It does come off easy but takes abit of care opening the slip ring itself, sorry i cant be more specific as i done it nearly 12 months ago now when i first bought my car and the problem hasnt come back since i cleaned it

 

[h17och]

turboboy...what was you doing at the time? you got problems?

HoocH

 

[turboboy]

my car was randomly cutting out sometimes not starting and stuff so i took the steering wheel of to change the ignition moduel (spelling) and quess wat happend to the air bag ring!my problems fixed now but ive gained a new problem the airbag light and 100 quid for a new ring!

 

[leegt5]

Just picked it up !! £25 thankyou please !!

 

[h17och]

dig out the old thread why dont I

got a slipring with part number....1H0 959 653
but the partnumber listed here is 1H0 959 653B

what does the 'B' mean?

 

[Adam R]

qwikfit destroyed my slip ring when tthey did the exhaust on my car (previous owner took it to them for an exhaust . well i got them to pay for the diagnostics, labour and repair. cost them just shy of £300 in total for 2 hrs labour and parts. but now i get slight steering while every so often

 

[widdowd]

qwikfit destroyed my slip ring when tthey did the exhaust on my car (previous owner took it to them for an exhaust . well i got them to pay for the diagnostics, labour and repair. cost them just shy of £300 in total for 2 hrs labour and parts. but now i get slight steering while every so often

Pardon my ignorance here but how did they damage the slip ring if they were changing the exhaust....

 

[h17och]

i was about to say the same thing!

do you know what a slip ring is?

i went for it yesterday and fitted it...well started!

got it all off but how do i know when its in the right position?
dont want to fit it and snap the new one!

anyone?


cheers

 

[Adam R]

Pardon my ignorance here but how did they damage the slip ring if they were changing the exhaust....

the exhaust was a complete system, so from DP back. they could not fit the CAT and pipe over the front subframe, so they removed the front subframe and diconnected the steering columnto get it to fit, and in the prosess the steering wheel rotated causing it to snap

 

[h17och]

dnt sound rite to me

 

[Adam R]

dnt sound rite to me

well thats basically what seat dealer told me and quikfit, but hey, its now sorted and my airbag works( i hope) so im happy