seat belt tension igniter fault ( resistance too high) - B10061B

[rhys1988]

]hi everyone, I have a 2014 a3 Line

tried searching the web for hours for a result but not luck so i thought id ask if anyone can assist.

had a small impact on the front - no airbags went off yet passenger seatbelt locked up , i continued to replace it and repair the front etc

However, trying to clear the airbag light code with obd11 yielded no luck and it coming back on with the following code

“ driver and passenger side seat belt tensioner igniter resistance too high” B10061B

After much reading a lot of people spoke of cleaning to terminals with contact cleaner and conductive enhancer. I tried this today and still no help, im assuming this must be for more older cars?.

Can anyone shed any light on what im missing ? is there anything physical to check that I havent already

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[rhys1988]

iv read that top thread believe it or not, thanks for the post. Im going to try another go at cleaning the terminals, where it joins to the igniter and also under the seat. iv watched a few more YouTube videos on it and noticed a lot of people doing it on the seating connections.

[rhys1988]

yeah iv changed the seatlbet which was locked, and it was from a car that wasn't in an accident yet still throws the code for both front , im wondering if I need to try another two seatbelts ?

it was only the passenger side that was locked up, but im questioning now if the driver side is bad even though it didnt lock up - and possibly the seatbelt I received is defective as well .

[CXSnail]

I don't know about your a3 specifically, but many cars have a pretensioner on the seat belt buckle as well. It fires off and shortens the buckle assembly which tightens the belt around your body in a crash. My point is, you may have replaced the belt, but check the buckle itself and see if it has any yellow connectors going to it as well. If so, then it has a pretensioner and the buckle would need replaced as well.

[evo v]

Do you have multimeter? Check the resistance and compare it with the seatbelt, you removed.

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[evo v]

I am not sure I follow this... I rebuilt crashed Audi TT 8S which is basically the same car as the A3 8V (which I also own). The airbags were deployed and driver side seatbelt was not locked but I had high resistance error stored in the airbag control module. I had the same error as you for the seatbelt. I replaced the airbags, replaced the seatbelt and sent the airbag control module to be reset. If you have stored crash data there you won't be able to clear it by just replacing the blown components. I'm not sure if ODIS can clear that. VAG-COM definitely cannot clear it. I used Safety Restore here in US and the turnaround is few days. Installed the control module and everything works as it should. The airbag control module is under the center console on front of the shifter. You will recognize it by the big yellow connector. I've done the same in the past when I rebuilt crashed VW GTI MK6.

[rhys1988]

Thank you everyone for the responses I feel im getting somewhere mentally with it all .

so can someone answer me this . the driver seat didnt lock up but shows high resistance , and whatever I have replaced into the locked passenger shows it , now because both belts retract am I potentially only needing to get the module reset ? or should I be buying two new belts from a car that hasn't been crashed in ? as I have a car which I can get both belts.

I feel here maybe the belts are different with the pre tensioner and igniter, iv seen so many diagrams about the igniter on this seperate canister under the door seal rail, but here they look like this which im assuming is the complete unit ? can Anyone confirm ?

Moving forward what should I do ? try find someone who can clear these codes on the module or am I to replace both belts before doing the reset or could the belts both be ok given they arent locked up ?

Another question - is it possible to get a module from another car and swap it over or its coded to the vin ?


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[rhys1988]

I am not sure I follow this... I rebuilt crashed Audi TT 8S which is basically the same car as the A3 8V (which I also own). The airbags were deployed and driver side seatbelt was not locked but I had high resistance error stored in the airbag control module. I had the same error as you for the seatbelt. I replaced the airbags, replaced the seatbelt and sent the airbag control module to be reset. If you have stored crash data there you won't be able to clear it by just replacing the blown components. I'm not sure if ODIS can clear that. VAG-COM definitely cannot clear it. I used Safety Restore here in US and the turnaround is few days. Installed the control module and everything works as it should. The airbag control module is under the center console on front of the shifter. You will recognize it by the big yellow connector. I've done the same in the past when I rebuilt crashed VW GTI MK6.

so should I be replacing my driver seat belt and its igniter even though it didnt lock up ?

[evo v]

so should I be replacing my driver seat belt and its igniter even though it didnt lock up ?

If I was in your situation I would reset the module first. Then scan the codes again. If you still have the driver side seatbelt coming up with error I would swap it with passenger side. Just connect it and scan for codes again. If your error moves to the passenger side - you have defective seatbelt. If it stays on the driver side you can troubleshoot connectors.

[rhys1988]

so I spoke to a module tuner , he suggest try fitting the diode in both to see If the codes go away after reset to confirm belt igniters or module , and to my success the codes went away so its clear I need two new belts, so ordered them yesterday . hopefully arrive monday, he said I more then likely wont need any programming done to make them work , so finally I have some answers and direction- hopefully this can help someone else in future .

[sbin]

Did that resolve your problem?
Just bought a 2015 Q5 for my wife that has all 4 seat belt ignitor resistance too high.