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Tenfut
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Urgent help needed please
« on: Feb 18th, 2017, 1:41pm » |
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Hi all
MOT due in 4 weeks and the dreaded air bag light has reared its ugly head. I changed the cluster about 2 years ago with a used one off ebay and now that one has gone the same way as the original. Can anyone help with the solder job? I have never used a soldering iron in my life and pushing 70 I suppose its a bit late to learn!! I have just spent £££,s on wheel arches so really don't want to scrap the car if it fails on this issue.
I am in West Lancashire near Preston but will travel accordingly.
TIA
Tony
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Re: Urgent help needed please
« Reply #1 on: Feb 18th, 2017, 7:40pm » |
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Hi tony, my air bag light comes on as well. I have put the side lights on to warm up the dash to get the broken solder joint to make and put the light off, took about 15/20 mins. Its may be a way around the problem, if it works for your dash. Mine was out when I got to the MOT station and on again after it passed. Have you still got the old dash.
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Re: Urgent help needed please
« Reply #2 on: Feb 18th, 2017, 8:08pm » |
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I haven't tried that trick but I will tomorrow. Yes I still have the original cluster.
Tony
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Re: Urgent help needed please
« Reply #3 on: Feb 19th, 2017, 10:08am » |
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Sometimes a gentle 'thump' on the top of the dash will also correct it. 
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Re: Urgent help needed please
« Reply #4 on: Feb 19th, 2017, 10:30am » |
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Tried the gentle thump method which sometimes works but them it re-appears. I would really prefer a more permanent fix if there is anyone out there with the know how.
Tony
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« Reply #6 on: Feb 19th, 2017, 4:19pm » |
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I decided to try the "create some heat" method by putting a small fan heater on the drivers seat and aiming it at the dash and lo and behold the light went out when the ignition was switched on. I will try this over the next few days and see what transpires but I don't see it as a permanent fix. Would still appreciate a repair from a soldering expert if anyone can help.
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Re: Urgent help needed please
« Reply #7 on: Feb 19th, 2017, 5:15pm » |
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The warm up method is just a get you through the mot. only permanent fix is to solder. Will the airbag work if the light is on ?
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« Reply #8 on: Feb 19th, 2017, 5:36pm » |
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How to test if it works?
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Re: Urgent help needed please
« Reply #9 on: Feb 23rd, 2017, 12:19pm » |
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whether it still works if the light is on is a bit academic as every airbag fitted to scorpios is well past its expiry date and strangely i have never seen any evidence that they are available as a service replacement-luckily the mot ignores this fact and simply insists that the wiring is functional--count forward 15 years from your cars build date and you then have the expiry date which is actually markedon the base of the airbag pad but can only be seen if the airbag is removed from the steering wheel
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Re: Urgent help needed please
« Reply #11 on: Feb 23rd, 2017, 3:32pm » |
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Tricky question - air bags are one-time use only so no way of testing them anyway.
I know people who have experienced both random deployment and failure to deploy in an accident - and I believe both cars were in warranty.
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