Pertplus

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.

Even Money

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.

Pertplus

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?

jim07

I would try disconnecting the battery for 1 hour. It might reset????? Worth a try.

Pertplus

Mercedes roadside tech is on his way. Do seatbelts malfunctioning really shut down the system?

Mort

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.

Pertplus

Got a jump from Mercedes roadside, and now everything seems fine and no error messages.

balthaser

what did he actually do? just jumped the battery?

dodger63

They don't disable the car there is a plug on them that I guess activates the airbags

Pertplus

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.

hhughes1

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.