Thankyou for taking the time to watch and comment.

Thankyou Marcus, im glad it helped with your issue. Comments like this are exactly the reason i make videos, even if it helps one person its worth doing.

Marcus / David - exactly the same issue. I was meddling with the stereo and passenger airbag light on. Having watched the video I have gone and bought the same scanner however it does not find a fault code when I run the check. Any ideas?

Yeah there’s a lot of cool things you can do with the app 😂😂 I’ll be trying a few features once the car has an MOT

Thanks Mark, thought it was worth making after not being able to find anything myself and hopefully it can help a few people that get into that situation.

Thankyou for such a kind comment! It really makes my day knowing that my video has helped someone.

Thanks mate, glad it was helpful. I use mine a lot and allways take it when ever I goto buy a new car, has saved me from buying a couple horrors

Thankyou John, this is exactly the reason I made this video. Im really glad it helped you out.

Hello mate! I did the exact same thing and the fault popped up after installing the headunit. However, the app doesn't read the airbag error. Could it be because the cable under the hazards button is not properly connected? If i disable the passenger airbag from the glovebox the light "off" under the hazzards button comes on so I'm not sure if that could be the reason. Was that the same situation? Is that the "warning light" u talked about? Thanks in advance if u could enlighten me a bit! Thank you for your comment and also to David for the very helpful video nontheless! Cheers!

@@firebuild5606 I got the airbag symbol on the dash and the 'Airbag Fault' warning in the centre of the display as you'll see at the beginning of the video - both of those cleared after I used the codereader and app. I've since sold the golf, though - so I'm afraid I can't help any further!

@@jjleonard It's okay mate! After checking all the cables and trying again I went down to my mechanic today, he connected to his "pro machine" and it read and cleared the error. "Passenger airbag fault". Thank you anyway for the help! Cheers!

Same here mate LOL! @david, thank you!

No problem atol, glad you got it fixed.

Amazing! Glad the video helped.

Thankyou for taking the time to leave a comment, I’m glad the video was useful to you, they are great little tools, I have also used it on my Subaru Impreza with great success. The Under the seat connections on the golf’s are notorious for coming loose very easily, I think there was actually a recall on them in some countries.

@@DavidMcBay Your welcome! Considering I paid twenty quid for the magic wifi data reader my nearest garage wanted to charge £60 to connect their fan-dangled £26K diagnostic kit to tell me what the issue was - so this little marvel has already paid for itself!! - sweet . Cheers again!!!!!!

Yeah mate such a great wee tool, when that light originally popped on I was worried I’d have to take it somewhere to get it cleared.

@@DavidMcBay Yeah would be annoying to go to someone just for that.

No worries atol mate.

The app is great, It has so many features, I’m currently using it on my Subaru Impreza and have it set up to show things like air fuel mixture, boost etc.

Thanks Martin, only made it as I found it difficult to find a decent guide. Not fussed if it doesn’t generate views but it’ll allways be there if someone’s stuck on what to do.

@@DavidMcBay for me Dave that’s the main reason I do KZfaq. If sharing what I do is of use to others. Sub numbers mean nothing to me, never asked anyone to subscribe or like. I just like the community that springs up🤷‍♂️

That’s it, the friends I’ve made through this and support I’ve had has been great. It really makes the effort worth while.

@@DavidMcBay 👍

No problem atol, thanks for watching.

Hi there, i still use the same app for mine however i no longer have the car. I have found with one of my other cars that i was unable to find the make however it was still able to read the codes just by inputting the manufacturer.

Thankyou Adam. This is the link to the one i bought here from euro car parts - www.eurocarparts.com/p/streetwize-obdii-code-reader-for-android-and-ios-553999810?gclid=Cj0KCQiA0eOPBhCGARIsAFIwTs5C1o5H69bFnO4H7PvU0zEjSdwi7T-t-HkIXCwK9BLLaFfS-0U3cM8aAoL7EALw_wcB If they dont have it in stock im sure i seen it available on amazon aswell. hope that helps.

Glad I can help mate. Hopefully it’s as straight forward as what I done in the video.

@@DavidMcBay yeah hopefully dude, it's a TDi Sport and all checks out so far

Excellent, if the tool isn’t able to switch the airbag lights off take a look at the connections under the seats apparently they can be prone to issues with making the airbag light stay on.

@@DavidMcBay I'll check that out too, thank you. Perhaps they've moved the seats about to give it a proper clean inside

Could i ask what connection profile you used? I'm trying to do this on a 2005 Golf TDi, but can't see any airbag codes (light is on). I've tried a couple of different connection profiles.

On some more modern cars they have a separate ECU for the airbag system, thankfully older cars like this golf it works. I think they just put that on the box to cover themselves as this has also worked on my 01 Subaru Impreza

Hi Mike, I can’t remember off the top of my head but I think if you go into vehicle garage you can select exactly what car it is you have. If that still fails I would have a check round all your airbag connections while the car is off and batt unplugged and make sure they are all secure. If I remember correctly this model also had an issue with the airbag connection under the front seats of them sometimes coming loose.

Did you fix it ???

Thanks for the comment mate. It seems strange that it’s not detecting a fault if the light is on. What model car is it?

It is indeed chum, I tried changing the model etc, but no joy. It’s a 2008 GT TDI 2.0 mk5. It connects no problem, but as I mentioned no detection of the fault.

@@samtruddy I would try just taking the airbag out and making sure everything is connected up correctly. Also make sure to disconnect the battery while doing it so you dont get an airbag in the face.

Hi mate if it didn’t clear it then I would think you possibly have an issue with your airbag system. I know on the golfs had issues with the connectors under the seats. When you read the code on the app it should tell you which sensor is causing the warning light.

Hi mate there is a comment further down where someone had the same issue, they forgot to reconnect something when changing the head unit. Might be worth just making sure everything is connected as it should be behind there. The comment is from John Leonard

@@DavidMcBay I will double check but pretty sure everything is connected. Just so strange that the OBD isn't picking it up. Thanks tho. I'll let you know if I get the problem solved. Love your videos kept it up

I got mine from euro car parts mate, I think it was around £20 and it deffo clears the airbag light as I demonstrated in the video and it’s not come back on since. If you give me a follow on insta and drop me a message I will send you a pik of the box for the one I have

Can you send me link of reader, thanks

Yeah the one I got said the same thing, I think it means exactly what you’ve said, it can’t reset crash data. As you can see from the video tho it will switch the light off if you’ve bumped a connector out

@@DavidMcBay if a mate who used my car to bump start his car whilst putting the jump leads backwards counts as a ball park error? Pretty sure it'll work. Thanks for response. Airbag light has been on since and mot is due Friday. . Battery survived but it did blow a fuse or 3.

Hi mate, just had a look on the App Store and it would appear that the app you mentioned above is the latest version

@@DavidMcBay excellent thank you

@@DavidMcBay just done it today worked a treat cheers for the video mate much appreciated 👍

@@williemi6 Spot on mate, glad it worked for you. Saves you spending a fortune getting someone else to do it

I used car scanner

Have a look at the connectors under the seat, they are prone to failure and had a recall on them

Yeah was able to start and drive no problem

Im not really sure what you mean Thomas, the scanner will read all the codes and give you the option to clear all of them which in turn should switch off your airbag light and engine light. However if there is a fault with the car then the light will just come back on.

Fingers crossed it makes it over and works ok on your US spec. You’ll need to let me know how you get on with it

If your car has an OBDII port then it should be able to plug in and read any codes that’s on it.

Hi, sorry i cant really help with this as never had that happen to me. I no longer have this car so cant even go play about anymore

Ok thanks mate

I have just had the same issue, but what I did was untick everything except SRS in the scan, it didn't find anything but I still pressed 'clear' and the light went off

@@JakeGraham1995 Thanks, no luck here. The airbag is controlled by another computer where OBD has no access. went to a garage. thanks

Sorry I’ve no idea if it would work on that car

@@DavidMcBay thank you for your reply

Also it asks you to fill in some stuff before which totally baffles me can you leave that bit ?

Hi mate no idea if it works on the MK7, ive never tried on that model. I put that info in and read the codes on my golf, i then jumped into my impreza and even with the golf information in, it still read the codes no problem so im not sure how much that matters.

@@DavidMcBay thanks bro got the device now going to give it a go

@@DavidMcBay struggling I’ve got the triangle with the ! In the middle on amber with it got loads of faults coming up electrical autohold handbrake, stop start, acc

The app I use in this video doesn’t cost anything to clear the codes, I think you can pay to unlock additional features but code clearing is free.

@@DavidMcBay Was wondering: i cleared the airbag code like you did, took it for a ride, but light came back on 10 minutes later. How was your experience? Should i try it a few more times or am i unlucky

Hmmm mine has stayed since I switched it off. I’d double check all the connections under the seats are fully clipped in. I’ve seen posts saying they can come loose over time causing the light to come on apparently there was some kind of recall on them.

What kind and year of car do you have?

@@DavidMcBay mkv golf gti 05

That’s very strange that it isn’t finding a fault and the light is on, I’ve personally never came across that issue unless the car has a separate airbag ecu which is normally only found on newer cars.

I did think that but definitely not picking the fault code up. Cars eh! 😂

That’s very strange, have you set the vehicle to what your car is? What model is your car?

​@@DavidMcBay hey mate what profile did you use for your car

@@pedrodias5924 I used one of the VW golf profiles

@@DavidMcBay I’ve got the same OBD scanner and app on my phone but scanning it says no codes found did you manage to find a fix for it ?

Im not sure what that code is off the top of my head John, do you know what happened to throw the code up?

the link to it is in the description

Thank you I found it after I posted the question

It generally means that there is a fault with the airbag system when the light comes on.

Car scanner

That seems strange that it’s not throwing a code, what model car is it?

@@DavidMcBay 2009 bora

@@dandopa1990 i wonder if by 2009 the airbag module had its own ECU? if so a more powerful code reader would be required to re-set, this video is based on a mk5 golf

Is it showing up as a WiFi option in your WiFi settings? (Outwith the app)

What model of car are you using it on?

@@DavidMcBay Vw golf mk5 2006

@@Unknown-il3md that’s very strange, I no longer have my golf but I don’t know why it wouldn’t show a code. Are you using the same app that I am in the video?

@@DavidMcBayyes I did, got a new obd aswell still no codes

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Thats a strange one for the light to come on from changing the battery, if there is no fault with the system then clearing the code should sort you out. I would also double check the connectors under the seats as they can be quite prone to breaking.

What kind of phone are you using? Once you plug in the OBD scanner you go into your WiFi settings on your phone and connect to it as if you were connecting to your home WiFi

@@DavidMcBay I tried with a 7 year old phone I had lying around. Worked flawlessly. New phones like mine, i.e Poco f1 don't want to work.

Great, glad you got it working

Think they only work on Android phones

@@chymaera2004 I’m using an iPhone in the video