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Airbag Published 24 Feb 2000 Ref JP-2201480

Volkswagen: Airbag

Translated from Japanese · machine translation

Safety-critical recall — airbag. If your vehicle is affected, contact your dealer before driving.
Country
Japan
Published
24 Feb 2000
Units affected
200
Reference
JP-2201480

Affected vehicles

Volkswagen VW Golf CLI 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Golf CL Diesel 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Golf GLI 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Golf GTI 16V 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Golf VR6 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Golf Cabriolet 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Sharan VR6 GL 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Passat 1.8 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Passat 1.8T 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Passat 2.0 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Passat Wagon V6 Synchro 1995–1998 Volkswagen VW Polo 1.6 1995–1998

Hazard

In vehicles where the passenger seat airbag deployment function has been disabled via software at the user's request, depending on the circumstances of a collision, the software-only disable may not prevent deployment. In the worst case, the airbag may deploy unintentionally.
Show original (日本語)
使用者の要望により助手席エアバッグの展開機能をソフトウエア上で停止させた車両にお いて、衝突事故の発生状況によってはソフトウエアのみでは停止出来ない可能性があるた め、最悪の場合、当該エアバッグが誤展開してしまうおそれがある。

Remedy

For affected vehicles, disconnect the passenger seat airbag actuation wiring connector and add a dummy resistor to the vehicle wiring harness. If the user requests restoration of the passenger seat airbag deployment function, it will be restored.
Show original (日本語)
該当する車両について、助手席エアバッグの作動用配線のコネクタを外すとともに車両配 線側に擬似抵抗を追加する。なお、当該助手席エアバッグの展開機能を復元する要望があ る場合には復元する。

Official source

View the official recall notice