butthead713

Ok so i was doing a little work on the passeneger headlight trying to get my hid to straighten out and when i was done i get in the car and start it and this warning came up SRS! i no its for the airbags and all but how do i make it go away because id rather not make tht trip to the dealer!


Thanks,
Al

Bnzova

Ive had this problem for a while now, it goes n comes. I'm gonna get it checked out next service.. check these forums they would have something on it.

butthead713

dang it! do u think if i took it to a regular mechanic he could find out whats wrong? my dad was telling me to just unplug the battery but idk if that is a good idea he is old school!

butthead713

oh btw i was also doing some work around he driver seat because i had led neons under my car and i removed them today and all my work was basically around the driver seat and next to the parking brake soooo idk if that can help out a little bit. Thanks!

fanito

lol, you unplug the battery and you will get another set of issues... go figure why.

You can always try that method, there is a sticky for "after unplugging the battery issues". Did you check the fuses? You probably jacked one up when you were dealing with the light.

fanito

Yes, it helps. The passenger SRS sensor is located under the, well, passenger seat. Check the connections and loose ends

butthead713

ya i no i saw that thread before that is why i never unplug the battery lol, but ill check out my fuses because i did pull out a fuse to get that stupid wire out. do u happen to know what color the wire maybe?? thanks

butthead713

btw i will check out that sticky to see if it might work!

mleskovar

I think if you have any of the airbags unplugged and power up the car you will get that warning and the only way to get rid of it is with the diagnostic tool. It's a safety check to keep the message until the bag is fixed/replaced after activation.

butthead713

wow hold on that kind of threw me off lol so should i just go back around the area i was working around and see if there is anything unplugged??

mleskovar

That's not what I mean. If you unplug an airbag, then power up the car with the airbag unplugged, it senses the missing airbag and throws an error. To reset that error you need the diagnostic machine....disconnect battery won't do it, OBD II scanner can't make it go away either.

samaritrey

where did you mount you ballasts? +1 on the seat sensors and loose connections

butthead713

its kind of hard to explain if you want ill post some pics tomorrow of how i did it. ohk i guess that shouldnt be too hard ill retrace my steps and check all connections and fuses.

i have to drive about 70 miles tomorrow to get my new rims so would it be ok?

butthead713

ohhhhhh okay makes sense now who would have it for cheap??

butthead713

or i can just go to a auto zone or something to do it for free right??

fanito

lol, check the ads by google... below the last post (something like myairbags.com?) not sure if they do they job, but, you could ask

butthead713

hmmm ill look into that. Thanks.

butthead713

ok so i was visiting that myairbags.com website and what they basically do is that u take ur srs computer module out and u send it to them then they fix it or reprogram it and send it back for 40 bucks. i checked them out on ebay and they have great feedback and they do mercedes! so tomorrow i am just going to retrace my steps the check all the wires them i am going to get it diagnosed and cleared, if it still stays up ill just go ahead and send that piece to that myairbags.com place and see how it goes from there!!

LILBENZ230

It should be noted that an SRS light being on means your seat belt tensioners and all airbags are deactivated. The car will drive normally.

mleskovar

I didn't know that.....even more reason to have it cleared asap.

LILBENZ230

Indeed. The SRS system as a whole is an all or nothing proposition. Either it is ready and everything will work as designed, or something is wrong and the system in its entirety is disabled.

butthead713

okay thanks for the help guys really took alot of stress off my chest thanks again!

tommy

I think that your assumption that this work is related to the SRS warning coming up is wrong. It's entirely possible that your sensor went bad just at the same time that you did this work in a totally unrelated area.

If you were not working around your passenger seat area, then you were not even close to any airbag wiring.

My SRS warning kept coming up also, and it ended up being the sensor went bad at the passenger's seat. Sometimes, a warning is actually related to the thing that it's warning you about.

FrankW

SRS warning can only be reset by the STAR diag soft.

find a local ind. shop that has it and they can do it for you for fraction of what dealer will rape you for. standard STAR diag rate is about $120/hr at the dealership.

IMO the error occurred probably from when you are messing around with the headlight which at each corner there is a impact sensor. you might have loosen a wire.

butthead713

does anyone have a pic of how these sensors may look??


also another question i have a new sensor for my engine coolant but i have no clue how to change it. would i have to drain the coolant in order to change it because it is located at the bottom of the tank.