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Airbag II Diagnostic Troubleshooting Tables

AIRBAG II DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC), TROUBLESHOOTING TABLES

Includes vehicles equipped with only a driver's airbag and vehicles equipped with a driver's and front passenger's airbag.










^ The tables list all possible airbag system malfunctions (DTC's) as recognized by the Airbag Control Module -J234. Only when the VAG 1551 printer is switched on will the malfunction description and DTC be printed out.

^ If malfunctions occur sporadically, or if the DTC memory was not erased after a malfunction was repaired, then these malfunctions will be displayed as sporadic and indicated by a "/SP" on the right side of the VAG 1551 Scan Tool display.

^ If a component is diagnosed as faulty, also check wires to the component for short circuit and/or open circuit in wiring according to wiring diagram.

^ if several components are listed as faulty, service one component at a time, erasing the DTC Memory and re-reading it, after each malfunction is corrected.