airbag light vauxhall astra

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Sun 18 Mar 2007 19:36
airbag light vauxhall astra - Ti mbo
The airbag light on my Astra dashboard has illuminated. The handbook states 'see Vauxhall dealer'. Anyone have this happen to them and is it costly to repair. Does it have to be a Vauxhall dealer or could my local mechanic fix it as I know how much dealers charge. Lastly should I just ignore it, or is it an MOT item. Many thanks
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Sun 18 Mar 2007 19:42
airbag light vauxhall astra - LeePower
DONT ignore it, you do know that if you now have an accident your airbag & possibly also your seatbelt pretensioners wont work?

Its not an MOT testable item ( yet ) but it is a safety issue for you & your passengers.

Any decent garage or auto electrician with a launch or tech 2 can scan the system & find out what the fault code is, doesnt have to be a Vauxhall dealer.
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Sun 18 Mar 2007 20:02
airbag light vauxhall astra - Screwloose
Lee

A Tech II will do it: but a Launch will either claim it can talk to it - but fail to communicate; or it'll produce a garbage, undecipherable, hex code and tell you to "refer to technical manual!"

Why do people waste their money on those things? They're not even cheap.
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