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Airbag light BMW

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  • 29-11-2009 11:44pm
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    roxychix
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭


    the airbag light came on in my car today ,its stayin on the whole time. do i need to bring it to a dealer to get it checked. is it a serious problem. my car is 06 bmw 320 is it expensive??????


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    daveharnett
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    roxychix wrote: »
    the airbag light came on in my car today ,its stayin on the whole time. do i need to bring it to a dealer to get it checked. is it a serious problem. my car is 06 bmw 320 is it expensive??????
    My advice would be to take it to an independent BMW specialist (post your location to get recommendations). They will have the diagnostic gear to narrow it down - could be one of a huge number of things. Could be as simple as a failed connector.

    The most common faults I know of are the connector for the seatbelt pre-tensioners (wire under each of the front seats), and the passenger occupancy sensor (mat under the fabric of the passenger seat).


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    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    roxychix wrote: »
    the airbag light came on in my car today ,its stayin on the whole time. do i need to bring it to a dealer to get it checked. is it a serious problem. my car is 06 bmw 320 is it expensive??????

    No, your car isn't expensive :D

    Seriously though, it's probably the underseat connections that have been pulled loose by you moving the seat or something. You don't need to go to a dealer, a good BMW independant or anyone will be able to sort the problem for you, it's a very common car. Shouldn't be too expensive. Someone else will give a few garage recommendations.


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    roxychix
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭roxychix


    maynooth, cellbridge dublin area


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,143 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Check the connections described above yourself first.

    Not your ornery onager



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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,914 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    it must be your lucky day OP, please see the below taking from another forum ;)
    starvin wrote: »
    A friend of mine has a trial piece of diagnosis equipment as a test and is offering free car diagnosis on any BMW for the next few weeks.

    He is located between Skerries and Lusk in north Dublin.

    Contact Brendan on 086 337 4947 for more details.


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    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    here ya go....a bit of googling and hey presto

    Contact:
    Denis
    Bryanstown,
    Maynooth,
    Co. Kildare
    087 2454893


    Have you moved the passenger seat recently ?


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    Xpro
    Registered Users Posts: 900 ✭✭✭Xpro


    new shape bmw e60/ e90 dont suffer with seatbelt pretensioner sensors anymore, unlike the old e46 models. More then likely battery voltage level dropped which can cause airbag light to come especially now in winter.
    pm me if you want i can have a look at it for ya, im local


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