A8L V8-4.2L (BFM) (2004)
Side Air Bag: All Technical Service Bulletins
Restraints - Air Bag Lamp ON/Side Air Bag DTC's Set
69 Airbag warning light on, upper limit for front or rear side airbag exceeded
69 10 08
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August 10, 2010
Supersedes Technical Service Bulletin Group 69 number 08-07 dated December 3, 2008 for reasons listed below.
Affected Vehicles
CONDITION
Airbag warning lamp is on in the instrument cluster, and the following sporadic DTC(s) are stored in DTC memory:
^ DTC 01217 001 (Igniter for front side airbag driver's side -N199- Upper limit exceeded)
^ DTC 01218 001 (Igniter for front side airbag passenger side -N200- Upper limit exceeded)
^ DTC 01219001 (Igniter for rear side airbag driver's side -N201- Upper limit exceeded)
^ DTC 01220 001 (Igniter for rear side airbag passenger side -N201- Upper limit exceeded)
Tip: Over time, resistance variance within a side impact airbag connector can cause the airbag warning light on the instrument panel to come on and stay
on, even though the side impact airbag system is functioning normally.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
May be caused by resistance in the connector between the airbag and seat harness sporadically becoming too high.
PRODUCTION SOLUTION
Added tin plating to the side airbag cables and to the passenger compartment wiring loom. Also added a nyogel coat to the sleeves of the plug contacts.
SERVICE
For left or right rear seat side-airbag DTC:
1. Read the fault memory in the airbag control module (address-word 08). If a DTC entry igniter for side-airbag upper limit exceeded is present, proceed
as follows:
2. Remove the rear seats bench (lower portion) per repair instructions outlined in ELSA.
3. Remove the yellow airbag connector below the rear seat.