I have had the airbag light on for all my time owning the car (2 years 
). I've been back & forth trying to solve the issue but it might finally come to replacing the module. In the past, I have tried to use second-hand modules but my garage said that they could not code them to the chassis. I've had Colb help me with the airbag & we were able to find that it was the main control unit airbag that was causing the issue & my garage confirmed it too this week. The code is 93db, I am able to get the code cleared for a while as the last time I got it MOT'd was right after they cleared the code but it did come back. I want to get it cleared for good so I will only have to worry about engine lights :lol: . My Current Options are:
Option 1) Buy a new replacement unit - The issue with this is the unit (Part Number 65776935920) for my car is no longer sold new. However, RealOEM.com states that the unit has been superseeded by 4 newer units which the website states are exchangeable retrospectively (65776965147, 65776938264, 65776939811 & 65776962767). However, they are either sold on Ebay by someone in Lithuania (oem_genuine_parts with 28,017 reviews at 96.3% positive Feedback) for £740 or by hubauer-shop.de for €670 but hubauer-shop.de doesn't make it clear if the part is new as it describes it as Vehicle-bound spare parts, the website also seems to crash all the time & has been rated 2.5/5 on TrustPilot so I'm not sure about trusting it. If I choose this option then I will still have to get the garage to install the part & any necessary coding so it would be looking at close to £1,000.
Option 2) Try swapping the chips in the second-hand module so that it can align with the Chassis Number - I still have the second-hand module so I would only need to get someone to swap the chips and the spare module I have has the same part number. However, the garage warned me that the chip might be the issue with the Airbag unit so this doesn't guarantee that it'll fix the unit. Is anyone else more knowledgeable than me would be able to say if this would or would not work? If this doesn't work then it leads me back to option 1
If anyone has had the same issue as me what did you do to fix it?
My garage suggested that I could get the Airbag light removed but that would come through as a minor on the MOT & I would want the airbags to work in case I'm in an accident. I could also just clear the code before it's due it's MOT but again I want the airbags to work. The car is due it's MOT in mid February so I have a bit of time but I want to get it sorted ASAP.
). I've been back & forth trying to solve the issue but it might finally come to replacing the module. In the past, I have tried to use second-hand modules but my garage said that they could not code them to the chassis. I've had Colb help me with the airbag & we were able to find that it was the main control unit airbag that was causing the issue & my garage confirmed it too this week. The code is 93db, I am able to get the code cleared for a while as the last time I got it MOT'd was right after they cleared the code but it did come back. I want to get it cleared for good so I will only have to worry about engine lights :lol: . My Current Options are:Option 1) Buy a new replacement unit - The issue with this is the unit (Part Number 65776935920) for my car is no longer sold new. However, RealOEM.com states that the unit has been superseeded by 4 newer units which the website states are exchangeable retrospectively (65776965147, 65776938264, 65776939811 & 65776962767). However, they are either sold on Ebay by someone in Lithuania (oem_genuine_parts with 28,017 reviews at 96.3% positive Feedback) for £740 or by hubauer-shop.de for €670 but hubauer-shop.de doesn't make it clear if the part is new as it describes it as Vehicle-bound spare parts, the website also seems to crash all the time & has been rated 2.5/5 on TrustPilot so I'm not sure about trusting it. If I choose this option then I will still have to get the garage to install the part & any necessary coding so it would be looking at close to £1,000.
Option 2) Try swapping the chips in the second-hand module so that it can align with the Chassis Number - I still have the second-hand module so I would only need to get someone to swap the chips and the spare module I have has the same part number. However, the garage warned me that the chip might be the issue with the Airbag unit so this doesn't guarantee that it'll fix the unit. Is anyone else more knowledgeable than me would be able to say if this would or would not work? If this doesn't work then it leads me back to option 1
If anyone has had the same issue as me what did you do to fix it?
My garage suggested that I could get the Airbag light removed but that would come through as a minor on the MOT & I would want the airbags to work in case I'm in an accident. I could also just clear the code before it's due it's MOT but again I want the airbags to work. The car is due it's MOT in mid February so I have a bit of time but I want to get it sorted ASAP.
