Hi guys, I hope this is the right place to post. I ran into a problem restoring my A2 and I need some help for fix it. So I bought a 2002 1.6 FSI which has not been turned on for 4 years, battery was of course dead, some minor issued but nothing too serious, changed the essentials, put in a brand new battery and the car started without blinking an eye.
So, now come the problem i'm dealing with. When I turned on the car, I could see that the Airbag led stayed on. I connected my VCDS and made a scan, Airbag ECU (8Z0959655E) was faulty and so I was unable to connect. I bought an used ECU online, replaced the car's one, coded the "new" ECU and I'm now able to read an airbag fault error:
00589 - Airbag Igniter; Passenger Side (N131): Resistance too Low
Of course I tried to reset the error but I wasn't lucky and the error came back in a second. I searched a little on the forum but I found nothing, I did some other research on the internet and found just a few post in which people resolved the problem replacing the passenger airbag. So I gave it a try and bought an used airbag, sprayed some WD-40 on the connectors, connected it and tried to erese the error but again no luck for me. I also tried to run a scan without the airbag connected, same error. I read on Ross-Tech Wiki that the possible cause are the following:
Wiring from/to Airbag Igniter Passenger Side (N131) faulty
Airbag Igniter Passenger Side (N131) faulty
Assuming that the airbag igniter is good (I replaced the airbag and even without the airbag on the error is still there), what should my next move be?
Thank you for your time guys.
So, now come the problem i'm dealing with. When I turned on the car, I could see that the Airbag led stayed on. I connected my VCDS and made a scan, Airbag ECU (8Z0959655E) was faulty and so I was unable to connect. I bought an used ECU online, replaced the car's one, coded the "new" ECU and I'm now able to read an airbag fault error:
00589 - Airbag Igniter; Passenger Side (N131): Resistance too Low
Of course I tried to reset the error but I wasn't lucky and the error came back in a second. I searched a little on the forum but I found nothing, I did some other research on the internet and found just a few post in which people resolved the problem replacing the passenger airbag. So I gave it a try and bought an used airbag, sprayed some WD-40 on the connectors, connected it and tried to erese the error but again no luck for me. I also tried to run a scan without the airbag connected, same error. I read on Ross-Tech Wiki that the possible cause are the following:
Wiring from/to Airbag Igniter Passenger Side (N131) faulty
Airbag Igniter Passenger Side (N131) faulty
Assuming that the airbag igniter is good (I replaced the airbag and even without the airbag on the error is still there), what should my next move be?
Thank you for your time guys.