Battery Safety Terminal (BST) Cable
01-14-2009, 06:02 PM
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Hey Everyone,
I just took my car into the dealership to get the 50K mile service done, and my SA told me they can't program my car until the Battery Safety Terminal (BST) is replaced. They claim there was body work done to the car, as there was over spray and dust on the terminal. This caused the terminal to malfunction and short the passenger air bag sensor and caused the car to have rough cold starts.
My car was in the body shop when I got the m-tech kit put on, but the body shop painted my panels before they put them on and my trunk was only opened to place some parts every now and then. None of the trunk interior panels were taken off either.
Now my SA is telling me I need to replace the cable for $500 before they can do anything to fix the car, does this sound right?? How can a battery cable be so sensitive to dust or overspray, if that even happened?
Any input would be helpful...
I just took my car into the dealership to get the 50K mile service done, and my SA told me they can't program my car until the Battery Safety Terminal (BST) is replaced. They claim there was body work done to the car, as there was over spray and dust on the terminal. This caused the terminal to malfunction and short the passenger air bag sensor and caused the car to have rough cold starts.
My car was in the body shop when I got the m-tech kit put on, but the body shop painted my panels before they put them on and my trunk was only opened to place some parts every now and then. None of the trunk interior panels were taken off either.
Now my SA is telling me I need to replace the cable for $500 before they can do anything to fix the car, does this sound right?? How can a battery cable be so sensitive to dust or overspray, if that even happened?
Any input would be helpful...
01-14-2009, 09:10 PM
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Try a different dstealer. Inspect the terminals yourself to see if there really is overspray. That should be pretty easy to verify and see. Let us know the outcome. I hope it turns out good.
01-15-2009, 12:08 PM
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My dealer (BMW of Dallas) actually claimed that this BST cable triggers the Passenger Air Bag Error and Active Steering Error code. (I've had several complains about Pass. Airbag and AS error code)
They actually replaced it for free under warranty.
I think you could try to remove the overspray and take it to another dealer and act dumb. Or complain like I did above.
My dealer (BMW of Dallas) actually claimed that this BST cable triggers the Passenger Air Bag Error and Active Steering Error code. (I've had several complains about Pass. Airbag and AS error code)
They actually replaced it for free under warranty.
I think you could try to remove the overspray and take it to another dealer and act dumb. Or complain like I did above.
01-15-2009, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by salaki' post='768790' date='Jan 15 2009, 03:08 PM
Related to this BST...
My dealer (BMW of Dallas) actually claimed that this BST cable triggers the Passenger Air Bag Error and Active Steering Error code. (I've had several complains about Pass. Airbag and AS error code)
They actually replaced it for free under warranty.
I think you could try to remove the overspray and take it to another dealer and act dumb. Or complain like I did above.
My dealer (BMW of Dallas) actually claimed that this BST cable triggers the Passenger Air Bag Error and Active Steering Error code. (I've had several complains about Pass. Airbag and AS error code)
They actually replaced it for free under warranty.
I think you could try to remove the overspray and take it to another dealer and act dumb. Or complain like I did above.
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