VW Airbag deployed, any experts!!!

roswell

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Ask you local police station if thier was any car thefts in the area the night before.

Sirbendy

if it was me, and the car was otherwise fine, I'd either hang the airbags and go without, or contact a specialist breaker (internet is useful for this) and see if I could source some second-user airbags from one.

I don't think the electronics are a "one shot" deal...they can be reset. As can any impact sensor.

Might be worth a shot.

goldspanners

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

Because it did doesnt mean it should have!

i never said it should have.of course it shouldnt have,but lots of things shouldnt happen but they do.wiring faults can cause any kind of fault.
im saying that it did happen and it happened for a reason,one reason could be a wiring fault or a sensor.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

That shouldn't happen—ever. There are several conditions required to deploy airbags, and being stationary and hit by nothing isn't one of them.

You've obviously suffered a major failure somewhere. Perhaps water ingress, bodged wiring, etc. Electrical, almost certainly.

Your car won't be a write-off. You can buy replacement airbags from any scrapyard, and have them fitted for an hour or two's labour.

almillar

If it's any consolation, the car should still be perfectly driveable once it's cleaned up if you can trust it. The car is certainly repairable as Pew Pew Pew Lasers! says, but it'll be a write off obviously if the cost of this replacement is more than the value of the car, it's from 2001 remember.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

That shouldn't happen—ever. There are several conditions required to deploy airbags, and being stationary and hit by nothing isn't one of them.

You've obviously suffered a major failure somewhere. Perhaps water ingress, bodged wiring, etc. Electrical, almost certainly.

Your car won't be a write-off. You can buy replacement airbags from any scrapyard, and have them fitted for an hour or two's labour.

yup quick and easy to replace, although im not sure if you have to get the computer looked at and pre tensioners replaced in the seatbelt(s)

Then get rid of the crappy VW!