Three problems related to air bag light on have been reported for the 2003 Volkswagen GTI. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
2003 vw Gti airbag light came on without an accident, collision, bump or crash and stayed on all the time, this condition makes the airbag system inoperative at the time of a real collision, I belong to a vw club ( vwvoertwx. Com) and this seems to be very popular issue among vw Gti two door, technically this has to be a manufacturing defect that vw should be obligated to correct.
The contact owns a 2003 Volkswagen Gti. The contact stated that there is a high resistance in the driver's side seat belt buckle that causes the air bag light to continuously illuminate. The dealer stated that it is a warranty item and they would not cover the repair costs. The failure mileage was 45,000.
The contact owns a 2003 Volkswagen Gti. The air bag warning indicator light illuminated. The dealer stated that the passenger air bag was defective because the resistance in the igniter was too high. The dealer stated that the air bag needed to be replaced. No repairs were made. The current and failure mileages were 68,000. Updated 01/11/08. Updated.