Airbag Activation: A4 1996 Model

Hello, does anyone still have the login credentials for an old A4?

Year: 3.1996, 110TDI.

"A friend of mine has been driving around for years with the passenger airbag deactivated."
I only realized it recently when the airbag warning light came on a few times after starting the car.
"It blinks."

I already tried to activate it, but I couldn't find a matching login.

12233, etc. does not work.

Do you perhaps have anything else in the basement? Thank you.

Hi,

Please use the auto-scan function. Also, there isn't "the login" for a car; instead, there are numerous different logins for each control unit and for various functions.
12233 has nothing to do with the airbag control unit. Blindly trying different login codes is strongly discouraged if you don't know what each login code does within the respective control unit. It's not only pointless to try a login code for unlocking adaptation channels from the engine control unit on an airbag control unit; depending on the login code, it could result in a different configuration, unexpected functions, undesirable operating states, or malfunctions.

As a rule, there is a master switch in the glove compartment to deactivate the "airbag". But which one exactly?

VCDS usually displays the appropriate information when you hover the mouse cursor over the input field.

Best regards, Rainer.

dieselschrauber wrote:

As a general rule, there is a master switch in the glove compartment to deactivate the "airbag". But which one exactly?

It's unlikely to be the case for an Audi A4 from 1996.

Also, in vehicles of that year, the airbag will be deactivated in 99% of cases not only via software (SW), but also through hardware (HW).

And that needs to be removed beforehand.