"Comboverfish" <comboverfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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Jan 9, 1:34 pm, angloirishman <rotowin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi all,
> How do you tell if the airbags on a 406 have been discharged?
> The dash light indicates they have, but I'm not sure 100% as i have
> been told disconnecting wires can cause this. The girl i bought it off
> had a child seat in the front and assured me(hmmm...) that this is
> what is causing the aitbag light to flash. Whilst i can't see any
> loose connections, i'm no expert! Also, on another forum a member said
> that you can tell a discharged airbag by the ecu near the belt pre-
> tensioners (under the centre console). Apparently something will stick
> out!?!!? Unfortunately he didn't elaborate!!
> thanks in advance
> rik
You wouldn't be able to miss a blown airbag. If you don't see white
powder all over the place and a huge fabric sack sticking out of the
steering wheel or dash, they aren't blown. It's not a matter of the
components being discharged (that's obvious if it's happened), but
whether the control module, squib(s) or related wiring is failing.
Please understand that if you don't know this basic of information,
then you are seriously underequipped to diagnose the airbag system
fault(s). Therefore I suggest that you take the car to a Peugeot
specialist with the proper scanner and experience to tell you what is
wrong. I've never even worked on *one* Peugeot product. They stopped
selling in the US when I was in middle school, and even then they were
rare.
A competent and properly equipped mechanic will tell you what is
wrong, how much to fix it, and be able to do it safely so the system
works properly in the case of an accident.
I quite agree, airbags are not things to be messing about with if you do
not
*specifically* know what you are doing.
Tim..
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