 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | | | |  |  |  | |  08-03-2005, 02:02 PM | #1 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
i remember reading a special procedure (don't remember details though) for removing the seats and it was to avoid having the airbag light trigger. i believe it was on ron stygar's website, let me see if i can find it ... (insert hold music here) ... well, this is for the mechanical tensioner (not quite what i was looking for): http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/int...t_removal.html for steering wheel removal, but talks about SRS codes and disconnecting negative battery terminal: http://www.unofficialbmw.com/all/int...placement.html hope that helps ... __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel |  |  | | 08-08-2005, 01:28 PM | #2 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
well ... i think the "box" would be #5 (matching up the part # that appears on the part in L8's picture) on this page here: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...=65&fg=65&hl=6 L8, also looks like there are sensors for the side impact airbags that you'd need. you might need to find out (possibly wiring diagram from back of bentley?) exactly what's involved in the whole side impact airbag system. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 10-26-2005, 02:32 PM | #3 | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Springfield, VA Posts: 10 |
I have a problem with my mat sensor as well and I plan on getting it fixed later, but my question is: is it possible to turn the airbag light off in the meantime? | | | | | 03-19-2006, 12:12 PM | #4 | | Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: .. Posts: 52 |
Is there supposed to be a cable going into that white square-shaped part? | | | | | 03-21-2006, 08:14 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 308 |
Buttercup, yeah the light won't go out without replacement of the sensor. __________________
'99 ti /Mtechnic, Schwartz II, Meyle Control Arms w/Full Metal Ball Joints, PowerFlex poly LCAB's, Pirelli P Zero/Nero 225/50/16, "the d-baffle"...... | | | | | 03-21-2006, 10:21 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 |
it does go out..... pull the bulb behind the clocks. __________________
1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black
Mods: • Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust • Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators • M3 17" Wheels • De-Baffled Air Box • AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob • DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings • Chrome Interior bits •IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs • Kenwood Power Series Audio • Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers • Sports Seats | | | | | 07-05-2006, 03:11 AM | #7 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 91 |
I pulled the bulb and guess what, the light still stays on, although it is dimmer. Is there a second (backup) bulb that is not as accessible? | | | | | 07-11-2006, 05:12 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 308 |
Maybe cover it with a piece of black tape?  __________________
'99 ti /Mtechnic, Schwartz II, Meyle Control Arms w/Full Metal Ball Joints, PowerFlex poly LCAB's, Pirelli P Zero/Nero 225/50/16, "the d-baffle"...... | | | | | 08-10-2006, 11:00 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bremerhaven, Germany Posts: 977 |
Quote: Originally Posted by John W  I pulled the bulb and guess what, the light still stays on, although it is dimmer. Is there a second (backup) bulb that is not as accessible? | You got it. Not that I should know about such things. | | | | | 08-09-2006, 11:23 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: nj Posts: 191 |
how come my airbag light shut off after 1 min? | | | | | 08-11-2006, 12:21 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
my air bag light (in my 93 325is, and my ti) used to stay on for exactly 60 seconds then turn off. It would come back on when you restart the car.
Also: I was in an accident in my 95 m3 in April. There was never an airbag light on in that car. I was alone in the car and the passenger airbag still deployed! So as far as the seat sensor deploying the airbag...???? __________________ SPEED IS NOT AN EQUATION CONSISTING OF DISTANCE DIVIDED BY TIME. IT IS A LIFESTYLE! | | | | | 07-23-2008, 08:03 PM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 208 |
If you just want the airbag light to go off, wouldn't it be easiest and cheapest to just pull the light from the cluster? | | | | | 07-23-2008, 08:25 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
Quote: Originally Posted by wasabinuki If you just want the airbag light to go off, wouldn't it be easiest and cheapest to just pull the light from the cluster? | yes, but keep in mind pulling the airbag light wont solve it completely because there is a back up bulb so you need to put some tape over it or something to cover it up __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 08-21-2008, 09:01 PM | #14 | | Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kernersville, NC Posts: 53 |
I was just quoted $110 from the local dealership to run the tests to fix it... who knows if they'll say I need a new sensor... this is a pain. I can't pass Virginia inspection w/ this dumb light on. Isn't there a fuse or something somewhere that can be pulled?
*sigh* | | | | | 08-27-2008, 03:14 PM | #15 | | Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kernersville, NC Posts: 53 |
Quote: Originally Posted by scott pruett I was just quoted $110 from the local dealership to run the tests to fix it... who knows if they'll say I need a new sensor... this is a pain. I can't pass Virginia inspection w/ this dumb light on. Isn't there a fuse or something somewhere that can be pulled?
*sigh* | I bought the Peake tool; worked like a charm. Codes were related to the passenger seat & seatbelt sensors. | | | | | |
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