Polo GTi 6R Air Bag Fault

[CraigR]

Hi Guys

Long story short, Airbag light came on randomly the other day - took it to VW to see what was up, and they came back stating that there was a static fault in the airbag harness and would require replacement - the part being $160 and a few hours to fit it, tickling $600 in total.

Has anyone heard of this happening? Its a friggin harness in a 5 year old car. It should not be breaking.

[Mitchh]

I've seen harnesses on 2 year old cars fail unfortunately. Sorry dude

[Umai Naa!!]

Not a common issue, from my understanding.

Seems like bad luck to me. Maybe try for a goodwill repair before committing to it.

[CraigR]

Tried that. They said they won't help in this case. bI also put it down to bad luck/**** design.