BMW E36 Forum

Hi
Airbag light is on all the time not had an accident or anything can it be reset i.e paperclip job? if so which terminals?

This can be caused by removing seats with the battery still connected(ask me how I know) as well as a few other things. Basically if anything that is monitored by the SRS system is tampered with while there is power in the car.

It's less likely but it is possible there actually is a fault in an airbag and it's trying to tell you.

AFAIK there is no way to just jumper it. You need to get hold of a SRS reset tool which usually runs for $200USD last I checked.

If it bother you that much and you don't wanna get the system checked out/codes read, Pull the cluster and take out the bulb or tape over it(they seem to be the popular choices to make dash lights turn off in e36's.)

jejeje i did that with my srs light, didnt want to get into that, but i kind of still got the problem with the airbag light, stays longer than it should be, usually the other ones stay on for a couple of seconds and they are gone, this light stays for a couple of minutes does that mean something specific???
thanks

9 times out of 10 it is your seat sensor on either passenger or driver also check your seatbelt sensor in the "Female" connector....mine was faulting out on the drivers side.

There is a way to fool the system into thinking that a passenger is sat in the seat. There is an 'occupancy sensor' embedded in the passenger seat and if this goes bad, then the airbag light will always be lit. The way to fool the system is to effectively bypass this sensor. I did this and it worked fine for me - at least I know that the airbags will deploy in the event of an accident. More info is available on this website who sell the bypass units...

http://bmwairbagsensor.com/ProductInformation.aspx

When I bought mine, they were selling for only 6.99 +p&p. Fitting was a peice of cake.