phone installation problem
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phone installation problem
I installed the phone kit myself and now i am getting the srs and airbag off sensors on, i am wondering if it has anything to do with the phone. i have not been to the dealer to do the aam coding, would that have anything to do with it?
Has anyone else had this problem?
Has anyone else had this problem?
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I am not sure but I was told that you need to disconnect the neg of the battery before working on any electronic of the car. Correct me if I am wrong.
Strangely, some of Mercedes' own reprogramming documents leave out steps such as normalizing the idle stop sensor, which can lead to "wandering" or "rough" idle.
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i think i need to ground the phone kit since there is no ground cable and i put a v60 kit in a car made for a timeport, the v60 kit has a gorunding cable but my car does not have that prewired, what gauge do i need and where can i get the cable, i think this may be causeing my srs and airbag sensors to come on, when i disconnect the phone kit the sensors go off, could this be because of the grounding, also how would i connect the wires together the best way, should i just use electrical tape?
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If you're grounding electrical components, make sure you have a good chassis ground and a good electrical connection to it. At the least crimp on either a wire tap or a spade connector to a grounding screw. Better yet would be to solder the connections. A $10 soldering iron from radio shack would work great and it's not all that hard to do on larger wires like the ones you're dealing with. Poor grounds pick up engine noise which can seriously mess with the sound. You don't want or need that. Hope it helps.
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Originally Posted by mesallem
I installed the phone kit myself and now i am getting the srs and airbag off sensors on, i am wondering if it has anything to do with the phone. i have not been to the dealer to do the aam coding, would that have anything to do with it?
Has anyone else had this problem?
Has anyone else had this problem?
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Originally Posted by mesallem
i think i need to ground the phone kit since there is no ground cable and i put a v60 kit in a car made for a timeport, the v60 kit has a gorunding cable but my car does not have that prewired, what gauge do i need and where can i get the cable, i think this may be causeing my srs and airbag sensors to come on, when i disconnect the phone kit the sensors go off, could this be because of the grounding, also how would i connect the wires together the best way, should i just use electrical tape?
