2001 Allroad 2.7T, U.S. model importing into Canada. Airbag warning light stays on, VAG-COM 3.11 said:
So...I need another control module, probably. Quoted $900 CAD via EUROPE, 2 weeks! Yikes. Airbag Systems in Texas claims to be able to FIX any airbag module for $100 (you pay for shipping to them). So I sent it, got it back, 1 week total (incl. a weekend). Shop installed it, said the airbag light was still on, so I brought over my laptop & ran VAG-COM again.

This time I got an error code on system 1:

I don't remember now if there was a code in the airbags at this point - if so, I cleared it and it didn't come back. I cleared this code above & tried the car - no airbag light! Good...all done.

Shop put back together the whole center section, drove the car around to the front... AIRBAG LIGHT IS BACK ON!

Now there's the 65535 code again, slightly different:

Airbag Systems says that the Audi modules are made cheaply, but it was tested & working before he sent it out. He'll look at it again if I pay for shipping both ways, or he'll refund my money.

So... any ideas based on this info? If I get a brand new module, will I be blowing that one after installing? Try a used one instead? Fix it again & see what happens?

Maybe a wiring problem? The shop owner (known for many years) says Bentley doesn't give wiring info needed to trace that kind of a problem...

Personally, I know very little about cars, but something about computers, so I got a laptop going with VAG-COM (cheap eBay cable, registered 3.11 Ross-tech software). I chose the closest match for the Auto-detect - "A6 C5". Was that a problem?

Any thoughts/suggestions/advice appreciated - thanks!

Bart

 

Ever get the airbag light fixed? I have identical problem, no good answers yet.

 

Yes, but now I'm trying to remember what we did in the end... I think I found a used one via car-part.com (car-parts.com?) at a wrecker. No issues with that since then, but there was a ton of labor involved to be pulling apart the center console and put it back together again several times until I had a good part in there.

Was fighting with leaky airbags for suspension the past while, finally gave up and went with a coil-spring deal instead, but that's a different story...

Good luck!