Airbag light on after accident
12-05-2010, 07:10 PM
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HI guys,
one of the worst day of my life was last week which i involved in an accident due to the heavy downpour. my car spinned 180 degrees before hit a van from the rear. I will post a pic soon. Really love the car and i am really grateful that im still alive.
The worse part is that i'll be paying all this out of my own pocket. 
at first i got a lot of error messages. the car cannot start and this was due to the battery safety cable. the indy mechanic cleared managed to clear all the error message except for the airbag light. The only problem i have now is that the airbag light is on and im getting the restraint system faulty. The airbag didnt deploy in the accident. the mechanic told me that its the airbag control module is faulty and needs to be replaced. I did some research about this and from my understanding, the airbag light will appear after an accident and no need to replace the module. It just needs to be reset.
Can somebody help me with this? Thanks a lot.
one of the worst day of my life was last week which i involved in an accident due to the heavy downpour. my car spinned 180 degrees before hit a van from the rear. I will post a pic soon. Really love the car and i am really grateful that im still alive.
The worse part is that i'll be paying all this out of my own pocket. at first i got a lot of error messages. the car cannot start and this was due to the battery safety cable. the indy mechanic cleared managed to clear all the error message except for the airbag light. The only problem i have now is that the airbag light is on and im getting the restraint system faulty. The airbag didnt deploy in the accident. the mechanic told me that its the airbag control module is faulty and needs to be replaced. I did some research about this and from my understanding, the airbag light will appear after an accident and no need to replace the module. It just needs to be reset.
Can somebody help me with this? Thanks a lot.
12-06-2010, 05:14 AM
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HI guys,
one of the worst day of my life was last week which i involved in an accident due to the heavy downpour. my car spinned 180 degrees before hit a van from the rear. I will post a pic soon. Really love the car and i am really grateful that im still alive. The worse part is that i'll be paying all this out of my own pocket.
at first i got a lot of error messages. the car cannot start and this was due to the battery safety cable. the indy mechanic cleared managed to clear all the error message except for the airbag light. The only problem i have now is that the airbag light is on and im getting the restraint system faulty. The airbag didnt deploy in the accident. the mechanic told me that its the airbag control module is faulty and needs to be replaced. I did some research about this and from my understanding, the airbag light will appear after an accident and no need to replace the module. It just needs to be reset.
Can somebody help me with this? Thanks a lot.
one of the worst day of my life was last week which i involved in an accident due to the heavy downpour. my car spinned 180 degrees before hit a van from the rear. I will post a pic soon. Really love the car and i am really grateful that im still alive.
The worse part is that i'll be paying all this out of my own pocket. at first i got a lot of error messages. the car cannot start and this was due to the battery safety cable. the indy mechanic cleared managed to clear all the error message except for the airbag light. The only problem i have now is that the airbag light is on and im getting the restraint system faulty. The airbag didnt deploy in the accident. the mechanic told me that its the airbag control module is faulty and needs to be replaced. I did some research about this and from my understanding, the airbag light will appear after an accident and no need to replace the module. It just needs to be reset.
Can somebody help me with this? Thanks a lot.
12-06-2010, 07:13 AM
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yikes, well im glad your okay. Now, its def going to cost you, the trunk, bumper, quarter panels and tails alone are a fortune. I had similar front end damage from a crunch on a tow hitch going maybe 15 mph and the damage was over $7 grand. Isnt this covered under no-fault though?
12-07-2010, 05:25 PM
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yikes, well im glad your okay. Now, its def going to cost you, the trunk, bumper, quarter panels and tails alone are a fortune. I had similar front end damage from a crunch on a tow hitch going maybe 15 mph and the damage was over $7 grand. Isnt this covered under no-fault though?
im still havent got the answer for the airbag. the mechanic quoted me $500 for a used airbag module. im just curious whether will it need to be changed or reset..
12-07-2010, 09:14 PM
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I just repaired an 04 530i with front end damage that I bought from a local insurance auction, the airbag light was on but no airbag deployment. I took it to an indy shop after I fixed it and the tech just reset it in 5 minutes for $80cdn, he mentioned that if the light comes on again then I might have a bad module but if it doesn't then im in the clear.
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