Airbag warning light, again

garethdeb · Post by **garethdeb** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:43 pm

Hi guys
Always had my x serviced by my local Indy German specialist who is excellent. He recently sorted the front passenger door handle and reset the airbag warning light but a couple of months later it's back on.
I've read about these scanners which you plug in and it tells u where the fault is, my question is will it tell me where the airbag fault is specifically? If so where and what cost are the scanners as it seems a handy bit of kit to have.
Cheers all
Gareth

rjkc600 · Post by **rjkc600** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:32 pm

Ebay has them.

This is the kit, takes about 10 days from china.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310249608189?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649&clk_rvr_id=361794309016#ht_2589wt_974

It'll describe the error, for example.

'Passenger side airbag squib open circuit'

Horizon · Post by **Horizon** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:26 pm

Reoccuring air bag light faults on most cars are caused by bad connections on t.he cable connections under the drivers or passenger seats ( leading to the seatbelt tensioner ) , these can be triggered by simply moving the position of the seat.
If you purchase a can of solvent contact cleaner, and split the connectors and give them a spray, let the solvent dry, then reconnect. VAG's need the error codes removing to reset the light, but BMW's dont.
I have had to do this on several of our family cars in the last few years .
I have just noticed that the scanner from China comes with an impressive CD Rewritable CD.
Might as well contact a member who has got a copy, and get them to send you one.

fiatunoturbo1 · Post by **fiatunoturbo1** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:00 am

[quote="garethdeb"]
Hi guys
Always had my x serviced by my local Indy German specialist who is excellent. He recently sorted the front passenger door handle and reset the airbag warning light but a couple of months later it's back on.
I've read about these scanners which you plug in and it tells u where the fault is, my question is will it tell me where the airbag fault is specifically? If so where and what cost are the scanners as it seems a handy bit of kit to have.
Cheers all
Gareth
[/quote]

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garethdeb · Post by **garethdeb** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:48 pm

Banned? What have I done?

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garethdeb · Post by **garethdeb** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 7:58 pm

Ah cool. I'm using Tapatalk whilst sat in a restaurant in France so I must have missed that post!!

garethdeb · Post by **garethdeb** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:04 pm

Just a quick one on this guys. My X has been remapped which I love. There isn't any danger of losing the remap with this scanner is there?
Cheers
Gareth

Raj · Post by **Raj** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:21 pm

[quote="garethdeb"]
Just a quick one on this guys. My X has been remapped which I love. There isn't any danger of losing the remap with this scanner is there?
Cheers
Gareth
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Shouldn't be if you are just resetting warnings and service intervals, etc.

Just don't try messing with anything to do on the mapping side of the engine management.

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