Air Bag Systems: Application and ID

Introduction - Airbag

NOTE:
- The airbag triggering unit is part of the standard equipment of the Cayenne. There are two types of triggering unit: A 'RoW variant' (Rest of World variant) and a 'non-RoW variant'. The diagnosis/troubleshooting instructions given below can be used for both variants. The difference, from the point of view of diagnostics, is that the fault codes 1228 and 1578 cannot occur for the airbag triggering unit in the 'non-RoW variant'. In addition, various menu and selection functions in the 9588 Porsche System Tester II are not used. The following components are not part of the component arrangement for the 'non-RoW variant': Airbag switch and indicator light (passenger's airbag OFF display).
- The airbag system of the Cayenne includes a system check, which runs in the background and is activated when the ignition is switched on. In comparison to other model ranges, the airbag warning light remains on after the system check is complete (only if the ignition is still on and the engine is not started) and only goes out again when the engine is started and no faults are detected in the airbag system check.