Airbag fault 01221

Hello, just a quick one...

Whilst out and about today, my airbag warning light came on, along with an error message in the maxidot.

A quick scan with VCDS indicated the drivers side impact sensor.

On inspecting the wiring, I found a broken wire inside the rubber boot between the drivers door and the A-pillar... Once repaired and the fault reset, it has not returned.

I'm just posting this as I found another had experienced an identical fault, and thought it might be of use to someone else to know about it.... Especially before forking out on a new sensor.

Here is the offending wire:

http://tinypic.com/r/2dsnxih/9

I soldered mine with a couple of layers of shrink wrap to add strength.

Edited 27 July, 20169 yr by VRSPhil