HELP !!!! My trusty old R reg Felicia had to have a new alternator fitted as the old one quite rightly died after 93000miles. Since disconnecting the battery, fitting the alternator (which works fine) and re-connecting the battery the darn airbag light stays on. Sequence goes like this; ignition on, airbag light on for appro 6 secs, goes off for 2 secs then back on and stays on. Have tried an OBD2 reset via bluetooth adapter and software but cannot connect the adpater to the ECU - one of those weeks agggrrrhhhh !!!!! and help greatfully received - hope this dosen't cost too much as the car is to be sold this month. Cheers - Barry

Edited 14 June, 201313 yr by bazD

Needs codes reset in air bag ecu mine does this all the time as I take passanger air bag out and I plug it in to vag com I live Bedfordshire if thats any where near

Codes must be reset using VAG-COM or VCDS as its now known. Be very careful attempting to scan the airbag ECU with anything else, there are warnings on Ross-Techs website for a reason. The airbag ECU is very fussy, and it is possible for a scan to register as a request to deploy the airbags with an obvious outcome. So only scan using the correct version or latest version of VCDS.

or so some don't read with vagcom

supplementary question: airbag lights on prohibits airbag deployment in case of accident?