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Car Forum / Peugeot Cars / January 2004

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Mark Carver - 31 Dec 2003 12:32 GMT
My air bag warning light came on a couple weeks ago.
I took the 406 to my local main dealer (after checking and
cleaning up, without success, the under seat connectors).

The garage has diagnosed the main air bag computer needs
replacement. They say it will take *two* working days
to carry out the work !

Where on earth is it, and can it really take someone familiar
with the car that long (14 hrs ?) to complete the task ?

I'm glad the repair work is covered by the warranty !
Tchorny - 31 Dec 2003 13:17 GMT
Hi,
First the 2 days that are required do not mean that they will work on it 14
hours; there are also the procurement time for the parts, then the coffe
breaks (Sorry: I should say the tea breaks ...) , and what they call the
preparation of the work, namely learning from peugeot books how to do it.
Secondly, be aware that before deciding to change the computer they should
bring evidences, thru testing and reinstalling the soft, that it has to be
replaced; ask for those evidences .. They should have the proper test
benche(s) in their workshop.
Good luck.
> My air bag warning light came on a couple weeks ago.
> I took the 406 to my local main dealer (after checking and
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>
> I'm glad the repair work is covered by the warranty !
Nigel - 31 Dec 2003 23:04 GMT
>My air bag warning light came on a couple weeks ago.
>I took the 406 to my local main dealer (after checking and
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
>I'm glad the repair work is covered by the warranty !

As it's warranty they have to go by the Peugeot times to do the job,
and the changing of the air bag ECU, including the diagnosis, and
clearing of the faults afterwards should take no more than 2 hours. It
is located under the centre console, just forward of the handbrake
lever.
They should have preordered the ECU anyway, so two working days is
ridiculous.
Mark Carver - 05 Jan 2004 14:24 GMT
>> The garage has diagnosed the main air bag computer needs
>> replacement. They say it will take *two* working days
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> They should have preordered the ECU anyway, so two working days is
> ridiculous.

Dropped the car in this morning at 08:00. Got a phone call at lunchtime.
Job complete. Time taken, 2 Hours :-)
 
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