tom windmill
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 03:58 PM |
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Another Tintop MOT question
Hi All,
I have the MOT coming up on my polo GTI in the next couple of days and the airbag light has been on ever since I bought the car.
VW want 86 quid for the reset and i dont have VAGCOM and the lead so does anyone know if my car will still pass the MOT?
Many thanks Tom
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:02 PM |
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you could do what I did with my Volvos maintaince light...take out the bulb 
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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tom windmill
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:05 PM |
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always an option i suppose
admittadly its probably not the safest option driving around with the airbag light on and i should really go and get it sorted.
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bigrich
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:07 PM |
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Airbags form no part of the MOT,
I would issue a manual advisory on this item .
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
you could do what I did with my Volvos maintaince light...take out the bulb
why?
maintenance bulb is not part of MOT.
Chances are it uses the same diagnostic system as 850 - I can tell you magic sequence to extinguish the bulb.
ABS lamp coming on or disconnected is MOT fail.
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russbost
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:41 PM |
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 04:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
you could do what I did with my Volvos maintaince light...take out the bulb
why?
maintenance bulb is not part of MOT.
Chances are it uses the same diagnostic system as 850 - I can tell you magic sequence to extinguish the bulb.
ABS lamp coming on or disconnected is MOT fail.
er no I just took that bulb out cos it was bugging me and at the time I was going to flog the car, the dash comes to bits very easly
[Edited on 10/3/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:22 PM |
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as said b4 not part of the mot test.
strange rule, but its 1 less thing to worry about ! 
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r1_pete
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:40 PM |
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Careful with taking the bulb out, I did that on a Merc C200 and the engine wouldn't run without it......
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tom windmill
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:47 PM |
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cheers guys!
£86 for beer it is then
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rayward
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:49 PM |
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i;ve got a vagcom cable you can borrow if you want, the software is downloadable for free i think
Ray
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stevec
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 05:51 PM |
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Did my MOT 3 day refresher last week and this was brought up.
As said, not testable, Pass and advise.
Steve.
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ruskino80
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 06:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
Careful with taking the bulb out, I did that on a Merc C200 and the engine wouldn't run without it......
i had the same deal recently on a 206,i thought take the bulb out but was advised it may well not run at all with the light removed-i chanced it and
everything worked ok for me,well i did px it in only a few days later-thinking about it might have forgotten to tell the dealer that
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zetec
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| posted on 10/3/08 at 06:46 PM |
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How about getting it fixed just in case you need it. I know it's not cheap but I would prefer to have it save me in a crash...Also what happens
if you have a crash and it does fail to work, does the insurance company refuse to pay if you get hurt?
Boring old fart I might be but when you see as many M25 accidents as I do you begin to value things different.
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