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Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:13 pm**

Hello guys,
I hope I can get some good advice. I will cut the long story short, as I have posted stuff about the Engine management light and the intake manifold in another thread.

As I was leaving a car park this evening, I was turning my steering to get out of a tight space, and I heard a dull snapping-like sound, and the airbag light came on (and stayed on)... All the buttons on the MFSW do not work either. I got back and scanned with VCDS, and the error codes are below:

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Address 15: Airbags        Labels: 1K0-909-605.lbl
   Part No SW: 1K0 909 605 AE    HW: 1K0 909 605 AE
   Component: 0H AIRBAG VW8   020 2300  
   Revision: 05020000    Serial number: 003D1D02A5MQ  
   Coding: 0012360
   Shop #: WSC 00020 790 00000
   VCID: 6FC331BE7E6C6F4698-803A

   Subsystem 1 - Serial number: 6332MSME50646D44D

   Subsystem 2 - Serial number: 6342MSME506518412

   Subsystem 3 - Serial number: 6352QSME4456491CM

   Subsystem 4 - Serial number: 6362QSME31560F2CM

1 Fault Found:
00588 - Airbag Igniter; Driver Side (N95) 
            001 - Upper Limit Exceeded - MIL ON

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Address 16: Steering wheel (J527)       Labels: 5K0-953-569.clb
   Part No SW: 5K0 953 521 BR    HW: 5K0 953 569 E
   Component: LENKS.MODUL   009 0135  
   Revision: FF010036    Serial number: 20100414300560
   Coding: 108A140002
   Shop #: WSC 00020 999 12345
   ASAM Dataset: EV_SMLSNGVOLWS A01004
   ROD: EV_SMLSNGVOLWS.rod
   VCID: 7DDF1BF6EC000DD61A-8028

1 Fault Found:
365080 - Controls in Steering Wheel 
          U108E 00 [009] - No Communications
          Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 00000001
                    Fault Priority: 6
                    Fault Frequency: 1
                    Reset counter: 27
                    Mileage: 84026 km
                    Date: 2016.01.18
                    Time: 19:30:40

I am not sure if it's the controller that has given up... Cruise control still works, and so do the indicator stalks. Hoping someone can shed some light on this.

Many thanks

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:31 pm**

Sounds like the slip ring connection between the steering wheel and the controller has failed. There will be no connection to the airbag, hence the light and no connection to the steering wheel controls. Horn won't work either. Stalks are OK as they are a direct connection to the controller.

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:08 pm**

Yep, my horn doesn't work as well.
At least I know what it is now, and it's a part I can change myself, as I did the cruise control - time to hunt on ebay! Or might just get a proper one from VW.

Thanks for the help Bob

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:55 am**

Update: I bought a used airbag controller from ebay (£40, should have known better), and it produced the same error. Pretty disappointed, as it's such a pain to get the airbag/steering wheel off! I have ordered another (p/n - 5K0 953 569 H), it's from an Audi A1 BUT I think this should be compatible.
Will update if it works. If not, I will assume it's not the clock-spring, and something else is faulty.

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