Thread: Air Bag?
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Old 06-18-2009, 09:08 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by sniper View Post
i had this on my 535i e39 ,sometimes when the bag light comes on it doesnt always mean thairs a fault,mine came on after i had taken the front door panel off,and discanected the air bag that was liveing thair,so i must had just tripped it all off,anyways i got myselfe a diagnostics fault code reader,the one that goes in a serial port on a lap top or pc then into the cars obd round socket in the engine bay,this peace of kit was well worth it ,it found the air bag system said thairs a ERROR, then it said do i want to reset the error i said yes and the ecu reset the bag light and it went out on the instrument panel .so the only way to rid this prob is with a fault code reader but make sure if ya get one that it can reset your faults to .
Thanks Sniper,Now can you tell me where to get the connector for the round port.I have an OBD reader for the inside port only and it doesnt show a error for the bag.
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