Seat airbag needed...

[DaleRoyce]

Hi I'm in need of a passenger seat airbag.

 

Anybody have one for sale.. 

 

Or could recommend a parts dealer.. wreckers etc..

[J.R.]

Has it deployed? The fact you are not asking for a seat cover as well suggests to me the answer is no.

 

If not then I would bet my house that you do not need a new airbag, a mechanic will have told you that you do because he cannot resolve the fault causing the airbag light.

 

I bet it happened after you carried a tall rear seat passenger.

[DaleRoyce]

18 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Has it deployed? The fact you are not asking for a seat cover as well suggests to me the answer is no.

 

If not then I would bet my house that you do not need a new airbag, a mechanic will have told you that you do because he cannot resolve the fault causing the airbag light.

 

I bet it happened after you carried a tall rear seat passenger.

No, its deployed, and I can just have the seat trim fixed.

[J.R.]

;Thanks for the explanation, did any of the other airbags deploy also the seatbelt pre-tensioners?

 

What type of impact triggered it or them?

 

On my Yeti all the airbags except thankfully the seat ones deployed, it was only the tiniest of parking shunts & the front bumper did not even need repairing, just a polish and a small touch in, however due to all the airbags etc & the ruptured dashboard top the vehicle was written off.

 

Here in the UK there are specialists selling either individual airbags or a kit or reclaimed & reconditioned parts including the dashboard for repairers like myself, they get their components from breakers mainly in Eastern Europe, there will probably be a similar operation in your country if you search.

 

Dashboards and the seatbelts can all be repaired to as new by the specialists with new pyrotechnic charges.

[DaleRoyce]

13 hours ago, J.R. said:

;Thanks for the explanation, did any of the other airbags deploy also the seatbelt pre-tensioners?

 

What type of impact triggered it or them?

 

On my Yeti all the airbags except thankfully the seat ones deployed, it was only the tiniest of parking shunts & the front bumper did not even need repairing, just a polish and a small touch in, however due to all the airbags etc & the ruptured dashboard top the vehicle was written off.

 

Here in the UK there are specialists selling either individual airbags or a kit or reclaimed & reconditioned parts including the dashboard for repairers like myself, they get their components from breakers mainly in Eastern Europe, there will probably be a similar operation in your country if you search.

 

Dashboards and the seatbelts can all be repaired to as new by the specialists with new pyrotechnic charges.

 

I have acquired the two seats from a wrecker to go into my Karoq so I'm only dealing with the one passenger seat deploy. the drivers seat did not deploy. I now have a UK dealer i am dealing with and all I need now is to get these powered seats, well... powered and working in my non powered seat 2018 Karoq.

[J.R.]

Thanks, where on the vehicle was the impact?

[DaleRoyce]

2 hours ago, J.R. said:

Thanks, where on the vehicle was the impact?

 

Ill see it tomorrow and let you know

[kodiaqsportline]

11 hours ago, DaleRoyce said:

 

I have acquired the two seats from a wrecker to go into my Karoq so I'm only dealing with the one passenger seat deploy. the drivers seat did not deploy. I now have a UK dealer i am dealing with and all I need now is to get these powered seats, well... powered and working in my non powered seat 2018 Karoq.

 

Just been reading the thread and I'm a tad confused. I think I'm looking at pictures of Kodiaq seats in the Kodiaq fourm, yet you keep refering to a Karoq?

[Yogi-Bear]

My guess is that the Kodiaq that has been in an accident (and presumably written off and now being sold for parts) isn't his... and he has bought the seats for his Karoq.

[J.R.]

And my guess is that the Karoq is a vehicle that he has bought sight unseen and not yet collected.

 

It was the same for my Yeti, from the photos (scratched bumper, broken slat on radiator grille) I just could not see why the airbags had deployed, I still couldn't when it was in front of me, it was only during the strip down to replace the leaking AC radiator that I found the crash bar longeron crumple zone had slightly compressed, no chassis deformation but enough shock to trigger the airbag module inertia sensor.

 

And the plastic bumper is still on the vehicle with just a small touch up and polish, the polystyrene insert between the bumper and crash beam is also undamaged & reused. Amazing that you can bend a steel crash beam & deform the crumple zone with an impact transmitted through a thin piece of plastic and a block of polystyrene with enough energy to deploy the airbags and the weakest materials were undamaged.

[DaleRoyce]

2 hours ago, Yogi-Bear said:

My guess is that the Kodiaq that has been in an accident (and presumably written off and now being sold for parts) isn't his... and he has bought the seats for his Karoq.

 

Correct! 

And my Karoq is in perfect condition, all I'm doing is a seat change.

[DaleRoyce]

39 minutes ago, J.R. said:

And my guess is that the Karoq is a vehicle that he has bought sight unseen and not yet collected.

 

It was the same for my Yeti, from the photos (scratched bumper, broken slat on radiator grille) I just could not see why the airbags had deployed, I still couldn't when it was in front of me, it was only during the strip down to replace the leaking AC radiator that I found the crash bar longeron crumple zone had slightly compressed, no chassis deformation but enough shock to trigger the airbag module inertia sensor.

 

And the plastic bumper is still on the vehicle with just a small touch up and polish, the polystyrene insert between the bumper and crash beam is also undamaged & reused. Amazing that you can bend a steel crash beam & deform the crumple zone with an impact transmitted through a thin piece of plastic and a block of polystyrene with enough energy to deploy the airbags and the weakest materials were undamaged.

 

 

I've had my Karoq for 2 years since new. It's in perfect condition.

Just upgrading the front seats to leather/suede seats from a wrecked kodiq Sportline. 

 

 

[DaleRoyce]

UPDATE..

 

I've found an airbag dealer in the UK. But the shipping quotes are like 400 pounds. 

 

Anyone have a cheaper idea for getting it to me here in Australia? 

 

Cheets

[J.R.]

Subsidise someones air fare!

 

My Octavia came with a garage bill in the service history for replacing the passenger seat airbag, of course it had never been done, usual story of garage not being able to find the real fault and the fault code having to be reset for every MOT and every service, the VAG list price for the airbag was not that much, certainly nowhere near the carriage and customs agents costs for your airbag. I bought a new steering wheel airbag from Ford for a right off rebuild Galaxy in 1997 and considering they were a very new thing it was not that expensive.

 

As you have found the UK have lots of specialist remanufacturers but until now most of them had not set up delivery agreements with countries outside of the EU as that was such a large and uncomplicated market on its won it was not worth the hassle, there are companies that will recieve a delivery in the UK and then forward it to any country taking care of the customs formalities for a reasonable fee, I recently sold all my X/flow race engine bits, a guy in Greece bought the DCOE inlet manifolds, he used a place in Dartford to send them to him who took care of the EU customs stuff, I simply sent the parcel to them.

 

Otherwise I would try a country like Poland, most of the dynamic UK companies in this sector are run by Polish nationals, many have moved back to trade from there worldwide, they can no longer service the EU countries from the UK without considerable cost and hassle.

[DaleRoyce]

1 hour ago, J.R. said:

Subsidise someones air fare!

 

My Octavia came with a garage bill in the service history for replacing the passenger seat airbag, of course it had never been done, usual story of garage not being able to find the real fault and the fault code having to be reset for every MOT and every service, the VAG list price for the airbag was not that much, certainly nowhere near the carriage and customs agents costs for your airbag. I bought a new steering wheel airbag from Ford for a right off rebuild Galaxy in 1997 and considering they were a very new thing it was not that expensive.

 

As you have found the UK have lots of specialist remanufacturers but until now most of them had not set up delivery agreements with countries outside of the EU as that was such a large and uncomplicated market on its won it was not worth the hassle, there are companies that will recieve a delivery in the UK and then forward it to any country taking care of the customs formalities for a reasonable fee, I recently sold all my X/flow race engine bits, a guy in Greece bought the DCOE inlet manifolds, he used a place in Dartford to send them to him who took care of the EU customs stuff, I simply sent the parcel to them.

 

Otherwise I would try a country like Poland, most of the dynamic UK companies in this sector are run by Polish nationals, many have moved back to trade from there worldwide, they can no longer service the EU countries from the UK without considerable cost and hassle.

 

Really great advice and thanks!

 

The reason for the extreme cost of freight, as explained to me by the airbag dealer was it was a Class 9 dangerous parcel and as such had to be shipped as dangerous goods. Probably to do with the deploy component.

 

100 pounds for the airbag and 400 pounds for freight!? Thats about $1000 AUD They cost $650 AUD here from Skoda. 

 

I'll take your advice and continue my search.

[J.R.]

I retract my suggestion about subsidising someones airfare in which case.

 

"Are you carrying anything for another person?"

 

"Yes!"

 

"What is it"

 

"An explosive device!" 😲

 

You would not want to transit by or stopover in the USA for sure!

[vRSNZ]

You won't be able to carry it on a plane anyways as luggage.  & with the global shipping / air freight market in the state it's in it's very difficult to find an airline to carry this sort of thing as cargo currently.  One of our customers has a helicopter grounded as we can't get the required parts in the country (not an airbag but something similarly explosive).

[DaleRoyce]

22 hours ago, DaleRoyce said:

UPDATE..

 

I've found an airbag dealer in the UK. But the shipping quotes are like 400 pounds. 

 

Anyone have a cheaper idea for getting it to me here in Australia? 

 

Cheets

 

[DaleRoyce]

Ok, maybe a new plan. 

 

I'm considering harvesting the bag from my existing original passenger seat. 

I was hoping not to. 

 

Or I keep looking for wreckers local. 

 

Here's a shot of the new drivers seat in position  (was just making sure it fit before purchasing the seats yesterday.)

 

Fits the same and even uses the same connectors. Awesome!

 

 

[Cherryville]

I know it a while now but can I ask how did you get the electric function work on the Kodiaq seats if your old ones were manually operated ?