I'm no airbag specialist but IMO if you erase the fault codes then follow the procedure for airbag replacement as in the workshop manual(with battery disconnction etc. i dont know exactly how it is for D3 but i can find out) and put that resistor instead of the RH air bag then IMO nothing bad can happen, eventually it stores another fault code if the resistance is too low or the same fault code if the problem is elswhere than in the airbag unit
that's what i'd do if i was you but i'm not encouraging you to do that unless you are determined to do it anyway cos i'm not the most cautious guy so you being prudent is a good attitude
thks
am terrible , like to go through things step by step, like the idea of the resistor but says it won't work with crash data , maybe it shuts that side down, lol
after i replaced the 2 x curtain airbags the codes went
but left with this one code saying right hand control
only airbag left is the seat one, however i would have thought if that had gone off it would tear the cover apart
going to reinstall the clock spring steering wheel etc ,
alas i don't know if it could be a break in a wire somewhere or faulty impact sensor
seeing they had just cut out the curtain airbags i wonder what else they done ,
when i removed the drivers door card as the speaker wasn't working , found it hadn't been plugged in, so that was a quick fix, but indicated to me it must have been off or taken apart,
wonder if it's worth tracing all the wires and make sure they haven't been cut, ????
at the end of the day this is all a massive learning curve for me, never had to deal with an airbag system