Help: Air Bag light = new module = $1500 says dealer. just part. OMFG

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Apr 26, 2006 | 12:09 PM

dinsdales_a6

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Help: Air Bag light = new module = $1500 says dealer. just part. OMFG

I've searched and found nothing really. Any tips/insights out there?

Thanks in advance!

2000 A6 2.7TQ

Apr 26, 2006 | 12:26 PM

Rocky-in-Connecticut

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Vag Com all the info and pull out your old airbag module

and write down all the numbers on it. You can call Clair auto 1-800-354-5100 and have them price you a new airbag module to compare w/ your dealer's markup. You will need Vag Com to see the coding of the old module and to code the new module correctly.

Apr 26, 2006 | 12:29 PM

saabSean

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Call the breakers

I'd check salvage yards first.

Apr 26, 2006 | 12:32 PM

carbonLORD

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I hate to recommend them but www.shokan.com

Just make sure the unit is working and get it in writing.

Apr 26, 2006 | 12:39 PM

Thumbmaster

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Are these guys shady? I was about to ask them about some interior parts.

Apr 26, 2006 | 12:43 PM

saabSean

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You could say that

I've been around Audis for 10 years and Shokan hasn't always had the best reputation. They do, however, have a ton of Audi parts.

Apr 26, 2006 | 12:48 PM

carbonLORD

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My story...

I bought a RS 6 wheel for like $150 less retail and was told it was in "Excellent condition".

It arrived and was all scratched to hell, so I had a place try and refinish it.

Refinishing looked like crap, so I didnt pay.

I put the wheel on eBay.

I get an email from a Shokan rep that that wheel was from a horribly crashed RS 6 and is not safe to sell.

I cused the guy out and said "It was in excellent condition when you charged me $300 for it".

Needless to say, they never responded and are lucky their business is no where near Chicago, or they'd have a harder time running their business if you catch my drift.