Hello All,
This is not a request for help. Just creating a record of my experiences that might help others in the future. There are many tales of the airbag warning light fiasco on the forum. But one more never hurts!
I drive a Baily Approach which is built on a Peugeot Boxer frame. As the vehicle had been standing for several lockdown months I thought I would start up the engine and make sure that all was well. It wasn't. After starting the engine I got a warning beeping and the airbag light was on. After consulting the forum and trying various things like checking fuses, disconnecting the battery or juggling with the wiring under the passenger seat I realised the light was not going to go away. Apparently, once the airbag control module receives an alert it stores it on a semi-permanent basis. Well beyond the reach of mere mortals. I read horror stories of main dealer repair bills of many hundreds of pounds. Then I read about the Crashdata company and things looked brighter.
So (as young people like to say) I found out how to remove the airbag module and sent it to Crashdata. They fixed it and posted it back to me on the same day. It came with a dire warning that if I refitted it to a battery that had a low charge there was a risk of the error instantly returning. So I charged the battery up, refitted the airbag module and everything works.
Crashdata charged about £75.
Words of warning. The error number was B0100-49 which can be caused by the battery voltage being too low or too high. I have no doubt the problem arose due to the vehicle standing for several months and the battery running down. Even though the engine started easily, the airbag module took offense at a perceived low voltage.
As a point of interest, even though the vehicle is a Peugeot, the airbag module has got Fiat stamped on it. Maybe Fiat's are subject to the problem too.
Hope this helps someone.
Stephen
This is not a request for help. Just creating a record of my experiences that might help others in the future. There are many tales of the airbag warning light fiasco on the forum. But one more never hurts!
I drive a Baily Approach which is built on a Peugeot Boxer frame. As the vehicle had been standing for several lockdown months I thought I would start up the engine and make sure that all was well. It wasn't. After starting the engine I got a warning beeping and the airbag light was on. After consulting the forum and trying various things like checking fuses, disconnecting the battery or juggling with the wiring under the passenger seat I realised the light was not going to go away. Apparently, once the airbag control module receives an alert it stores it on a semi-permanent basis. Well beyond the reach of mere mortals. I read horror stories of main dealer repair bills of many hundreds of pounds. Then I read about the Crashdata company and things looked brighter.
So (as young people like to say) I found out how to remove the airbag module and sent it to Crashdata. They fixed it and posted it back to me on the same day. It came with a dire warning that if I refitted it to a battery that had a low charge there was a risk of the error instantly returning. So I charged the battery up, refitted the airbag module and everything works.
Crashdata charged about £75.Words of warning. The error number was B0100-49 which can be caused by the battery voltage being too low or too high. I have no doubt the problem arose due to the vehicle standing for several months and the battery running down. Even though the engine started easily, the airbag module took offense at a perceived low voltage.
As a point of interest, even though the vehicle is a Peugeot, the airbag module has got Fiat stamped on it. Maybe Fiat's are subject to the problem too.
Hope this helps someone.
Stephen
