VW Fault Finding Diagnostic Tool

Simmy · 15 Mar 2006 at 13:34

I've had an Air Bag fault on my on board computer for a while now and I went to my local VW garage to ask how much it would be to just find out what the problem is. I was told £45-£90 :rolleyes:

Not wanting to spend that much I found a VW/Audi fault diagnostic tool on ebay for just £27 delivered from america

I've just tried it out and it found two faults;

1. 00532 - Transmission control module relay-supply voltage (B+) Malfunction Low Battey or Bad Ground

2. 00588 - Air bag Ignition Circuit Driver Side N95

Can anyone enlighten me as to whether or not its a good idea to clear the code, how much it would cost to repair these faults and if it's possible for me to do it myself?

The manual gives a warning about clearing codes as it "not only deletes codes frm the vehicles onboard computer, but also 'Freeze Frame' data and manufacturer specific enhanced data. This has put me off just clearing the code

Any advice appreciated

Simmy · 15 Mar 2006 at 15:36

Never worked on an air bag system before tbh :\ but I'll take a look in the haynes manual and see how i feel about it. I'm hoping it's just as simple as finding a loose ground wire.

Simmy · 15 Mar 2006 at 19:20

It's one of these

My car is a 2000/X Reg B5 Passat 1.8T Sport

It's got the code 00532 listed twice in my manual for some reason, but both are basically the same thing. The 2nd one simplys says "Supply Voltage (B+)"

I'm tempted to get VAGCOM as it looks pretty sweet :eek:

ie;

Do they use this software to perform upsolute/revo remaps?

Simmy · 15 Mar 2006 at 19:23

Oracle said:
SNIP

Cheers for the advice oracle

I'll try clearing the code first and if the error is still there I'll try your idea.

Simmy · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:20

I just found a version of the revo software apparantly, called lemmiwinks

But I guess its useless unless I know what to change

Will check out the forum though, cheers.