Hi, the other day my airbag light came on for no apparent reason, now after washing my car today at work and driving home the engine management light is on (well I think it is the EM light, the one that looks like an engine?). As far as I can tell the car drives fine. I do think overall the car is under powered a little for 1.8t. I came from a Mondeo TDCi 130 and the 1.8t seems quite linear and has some amount of lag. I don't know if i'm just used to having the low down torque of a diesel and just need to learn to rev a car to get power again?

Should I worry or could this be water ingress to the electrics or cold related as it has been around minus 2 the last few days?

What is a good cheep obdII diagnostic tool? I had one for the mondeo called an F-Super and it only cost £15 but worked really well.

Find someone local with VCDS to check it for you

isn't there an airbag connector under the front seats that can get dislodged when cleaning /etc?

But yes, easiest bet is to get the car scanned with vgacom/VCDS.

cheers guys, I'm going to try and get my own reader/diagnostic tool as my last one paid for itself in the first job. I hate lights that come on with no obvious associated mechanical symptoms. what happened to the days you could fix cars with a hammer and a spanner?