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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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Cluster flashed this picture and then car went completely dead...thoughts?




I should note that I was trying to fix the rear passenger seat belt which seemed to be caught on something and then when I went to go start the car, everything went dead.

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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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Probably triggered an electrical interlock, maybe car thinks it was in a wreck? I suspect if you can't get it to clear, someone will have to pay you a visit.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 01:35 PM
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Probably triggered an electrical interlock, maybe car thinks it was in a wreck? I suspect if you can't get it to clear, someone will have to pay you a visit.
Yeah I am in my garage and the car won't turn on. The rear passenger seatbelt was out of place so I was moving it, and then....bam! Do the rear seatbelts activate this type of Airbag/SRS messaging?
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 02:09 PM
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I would try disconnecting the battery for 1 hour. It might reset????? Worth a try.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 02:22 PM
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Mercedes roadside tech is on his way. Do seatbelts malfunctioning really shut down the system?
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 04:42 PM
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Haha...I don't know but it sure looks like it. SRS is Supplemental Restraint System and that includes airbags and Emergency Tensioning Devices on the seat belts. You must have done something to the tensioning device when you were straightening the seat belt. Touchy car safety systems. Funny it says to drive slowly to the dealer not that it will disable the ignition all together. GL getting it fixed.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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Got a jump from Mercedes roadside, and now everything seems fine and no error messages.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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Got a jump from Mercedes roadside, and now everything seems fine and no error messages.

what did he actually do? just jumped the battery?
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They don't disable the car there is a plug on them that I guess activates the airbags
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what did he actually do? just jumped the battery?
Yeah, apparently when I was messing with seatbelt and left the door open the battery got drained especially because I have an aftermarket stereo. Never happened to me before but maybe battery was low because of it being worked on this week and this drained it even further. Going to get it checked out.
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I get that message anytime I put the Sparco seat in, just hit ok and it goes away and the car runs fine. However it does have to be cleared when I put the stock seat back in and my code reader/ eraser can't do it.
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