P38 Passenger Airbag Part Confusion?

I've had SRS/Airbag warnings for the last week, tried to sort it myself but had to take it to the garage today. The bloke diagnosed the fault and said I need to replace the complete passenger airbag - part no emh 101440 lnf and the airbag has to be from a 99+ P38. Looking on ebay all airbags that I can see say will fit all models 94-02 so is there a difference and what exactly should I be ordering as I'm confused? Thanks.

Online Parts Catalogue - may help....

Landrover Parts Catalog

Don't know how accurate, but yer never know!!

Your garage is likely bull****ting you, airbags rarely if ever fail. More likely to be a connector problem. If yours is 99MY on, I would expect it to have side airbags in the seats, the connectors on these often give rise to problems as does the rotary coupler behind the steering wheel. Of course I could be wrong.

Yep, sorry forgot to say its a 2001 4.6 Vogue - the wife was hurrying me up to hand the computer over to her so posted in a rush

boromad said:

Yep, sorry forgot to say its a 2001 4.6 Vogue - the wife was hurrying me up to hand the computer over to her so posted in a rush

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Check the yellow connectors under the seats, unplug and re-plug. They often cause problems. Fault may then clear or may need to be reset.

Hi there,

if you try Datateks suggestion disconnect your battery first and wait 15 mins before unplugging or you may get a surprise!!

Thanks, will have a play at the weekend and check the connectors. I assume I'll have to dig out the eka code after disconnecting the battery

boromad said:

Thanks, will have a play at the weekend and check the connectors. I assume I'll have to dig out the eka code after disconnecting the battery

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No need, the EKA code is usually only required if the battery goes flat/disconnected with the doors locked and the alarm/immobiliser set.

BUT - have it on hand in anycase, it is afterall a Range Rover..!!!

vaughanwilson said:

Hi there,

if you try Datateks suggestion disconnect your battery first and wait 15 mins before unplugging or you may get a surprise!!

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You are technically correct, however the side airbags frequently have connector problems and have never been reported as going off, many have unplugged and re-plugged the connectors without problems. The SRS ECU needs a signal to trigger a firing pulse, unplugging merely alerts it to an open circuit. Even that is not active with the ignition off.


However, you play with the SRS system at your own risk.