I recently replaced a dead battery in my '96 A6. Since then, the
airbag light stays on after ignition for approximately 2 minutes. Has
anyone else seen this phenomenon? If so, what was the remedy/cause?
Did the dealer/shop simply reset the controller with their VAG tool?
If not, what was the remedy/cause?

Thanks much,
Sadfly

 

Sadfly <sadfly@delete_all_but_GO_and_make_net_com.net> wrote in message news:<hihd40t0ahver7mtd3gqk4hdk2alerjmra@4ax.com>. ..
> I recently replaced a dead battery in my '96 A6. Since then, the
> airbag light stays on after ignition for approximately 2 minutes. Has
> anyone else seen this phenomenon? If so, what was the remedy/cause?
> Did the dealer/shop simply reset the controller with their VAG tool?
> If not, what was the remedy/cause?
>
> Thanks much,
> Sadfly

Dead battery probably drained the power from your reserve airbag power
supply. This produce a fault code which can only be reset with a VAG
tool. As long as the light is on the airbag will not deploy.