Hi,

The front of my car was reversed into a few days ago and visually the worst damage was a cracked number plate. It was a low speed impact but it has resulted in the airbag light being permanaently on. I'm trying to ascertain an approximate cost for fixing this so I know whther an insurance claim is worth it or not. The person who hit me said he will pay and as his excess in £500 he'd rather not go through insurance. It would likely affect my insurance premiums for the next few years too. I've asked a local garage for an estimate but all they said was that initially it would be £216 for 2 hours diagnostics - I'm in a catch 22 situation here, not wanting to pay for diagnostics only to find out the cost of fixing is say £1000+ and an insurance claim is the best way forward.

I've posted the fault scan of the airbag module below, I'd be grateful if anyone has any rough idea what it might cost to fix? £200, £500, £1200, I just don't know curently. Many thanks.

Address 15: Airbags Labels: 8W0-959-655.clb
Control Module Part Number: 8W0 959 655 HW: 8W0 959 655
Component and/or Version: Airbag10.44 H52 0084
Software Coding: AECCF0C00C800000585400F3C08C00000000
Work Shop Code: WSC 06335 790 00001
ASAM Dataset: EV_AirbaAU10BPAAU736 005012 (AU49)
ROD: EV_AirbaAU10BPAAU736_005.rod
VCID: 06098AFFB94905A3F9-8052
2 Faults Found:


9735465 - Pedestrian Protection Crash Sensor 2; Driver Side
B148D 29 [136] - Signal Implausible
MIL ON - Intermittent - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00000001
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Mileage: 96147 km
Date: 2023.06.17
Time: 14:55:37


9735684 - Pedestrian Protection Crash Sensor 2; Passenger Side
B148E 04 [136] - Internal System Fault
MIL ON - Intermittent - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00000001
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 1
Mileage: 96147 km
Date: 2023.06.17
Time: 14:55:33