wongedan 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2006 hi, does anyone know why the telltale's (airbag) light on even after the engine starts? car is 318ia 1999 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brian 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2006 hi, does anyone know why the telltale's (airbag) light on even after the engine starts? car is 318ia 1999Hi, Mine had the same problem and after some internet research you will see that there coan be a lot of reasons including the steering wheeel being removed. You won't get a warrent with it on and may need to get it checked to see what the cause is. It might involve just having the light reset. Good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30stz 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2006 Hi, Mine had the same problem and after some internet research you will see that there coan be a lot of reasons including the steering wheeel being removed. You won't get a warrent with it on and may need to get it checked to see what the cause is. It might involve just having the light reset. Good luck. if you need a WOF just rip out the bulb, if you take it to bmw they may well just charge you a new setup for it... which believe me will cost you in the thousands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Depending on the thoroughness of the WOF station, they may pick up on the non-functioning bulb. But worth a calculated risk surely. Cost to fix???? Depends on what exactly is wrong. Edited July 17, 2006 by bravomikewhiskey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Andrew Report post Posted July 17, 2006 Easiest thing to do is take it to a BMW Workshop and get them to scan it and see what the deal is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotwire 352 Report post Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Easiest thing to do is take it to a BMW Workshop and get them to scan it and see what the deal is. Hi, It will need fixing as by law if fitted it must work & nowadays it would be very remiss & unusual for a WOF inspector not to be aware of checking the operation of -same with ABS warning light. This particually the case on a late model car that is expected to have these features. As for checking & fixing, it doesn't require BMW to fix but any good workshop or auto sparky with a decent scanner will be able to talk to it & confirm the fault, this is the ONLY real way to confirm the problem as there are several different diagnostic parameters within the system that will cause the light to stay on. To try & work it out without would be total guess work. If something within the system has been disturbed it may well just need resetting - a 2 minute job with a scanner. Depending on the fault it wont necessarily cost you a heap to fix -maybe as cheap as a scanner fee to reset. Hope this helps Grant Edited July 17, 2006 by hotwire Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wongedan 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2006 yeah i've been confirmed that the light needs to be reset and only take a few seconds. usually it does not cost $$. we'll see.. any1 knows what would be the standard wattage & high wattage for bimmer's light ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
