System Fault Airbag: 2005 Boxster S

[Vidal]

Update: I had someone with a Durametric scanner take a look at the air bag fault and it was throwing two codes, 801c and 80E1. The 801c is for a ground problem (which could be many things), the 80E1 code is a mystery (no info available on this one). He attempted to clear the codes, but the 80E1 never disappeared. The 801c code did disappear, but very rapidly came back up, so it's a "hard" fault. Off to the dealer....

I just heard from the dealer that the problem was localized to the control unit. Replacement is going to be over $1200! Plus, there was supposedly a history code for a wire harness problem, but that can supposedly be bogus. This was brought up as an alert to the possibility that if the wiring harness is faulty (although claimed to be extremely rare), it will be an additional $680 to replace that.

Now why couldn't this have happened when the car was still under warranty???? Damn....