BMW 7 Series - Airbag problem

Airbag problem

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Forum Name: BMW 7 Series
Forum Discription: This forum will deal with any issues on the BMW 7 Series (E23, E32, E38, E65, E66, E67 & E68)
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Topic: Airbag problem

Posted By: followme
Subject: Airbag problem
Date Posted: 29-February-2012 at 07:20

　Why does my balloon pilot light has been on ?I just changed a new air bags. How can I fix it? Friends said to me that this situation, must use airbag repair tools.could it work? Hope friends who used the airbag repair tools can help solve it.Must I buy one? Are there other methods?

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Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 29-February-2012 at 11:31

Moved to the 7 Series Forum

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Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 29-February-2012 at 13:48

Resetting the airbag warning light requires either a dealer or aftermarket reset tool.
If your friends have one then see if it resolves the issue.

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Posted By: M3AG
Date Posted: 10-March-2012 at 15:36

as said above, when they replace the airbags the system needs to be told, why were the bags replaced? Had they been activated at some time? If so its a reset procedure.

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Posted By: shogun
Date Posted: 14-March-2012 at 11:16

First of all which 7 series do you drive? E23, E32, E38 and so on

and when built, month and year

you can find that out here

http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi" rel="nofollow - http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi

because you cannot use just any airbag reset tool, some work only from built year 1994 like the Peake tool, and older models have the 20-pin round pin diagnosis box and younger models have the 16 pin OBDII socket.

I have 2 models for sale, for the 20-pin box and the OBDII version, see pics and info here

Airbag / SRS Light/Service/Oil Reset Tool - all in 1 tool

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/1042537/" rel="nofollow - http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/1042537/

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Posted By: moustapha
Date Posted: 25-May-2012 at 16:51

You do not necessarily need dealer attention, it is just a ploy to make you pay more. You could reset the light yourself but you would need to go through the system near the speed gauge, I'm not sure how to do it personally though...