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In the Volkswagen Golf 5, how is the airbag warning light reset?

Model: Volkswagen Golf MK 5, Golf 5, Golf V - Years 2003-2008
Part: Airbag

The tutorial video included here is suitable not only for the Volkswagen Golf 5 but for all cars in the Volkswagen, Skoda, and Audi groups, making it standard. What happens when the airbag warning light on the car turns on? It could be a sporadic anomaly of one of the sensors, or a complete failure of one of the airbags, so one should not be superficial but rather investigate and restore it. Only after that, as we can see, an electronic diagnostic tool is connected to the OBD port, and we proceed to identify and then erase the mentioned warning light.

Posted on 25 December 2025 by ScegliAuto

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