whats this silver box?
07-11-2009, 09:37 AM
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My Ride: 2006 530 d M-sport e60
took the trim of of the rear of my centre console and found this silver box, any body know what its for?, it has an air bag warning on it but cant see the rest of text
07-11-2009, 09:46 AM
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My Ride: 520d LCI, old engine, manual, black dakota, platingrau II, standard (242?) rims.
Perhaps it's the seat belts tensioner charge? This would be the item responsible for tensioning the seat belts in case of a serious accident.
07-11-2009, 10:10 AM
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prob one of the air bag sensors to detect how hard the car was hit or if it rolls to help determine which airbags to deploy.
Seat belt tension charge there??
Seat belt tension charge there??
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The label on it reads "airbag" ... maybe a capacitive charge device that would allow airbags to deploy even if the main battery were dead. When I get time I may investigate further on RealOEM
07-11-2009, 10:12 AM
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wouldnt be a charge for the air bag, cause the charges are set with the air bag it self to help deploy them.. that is a sensor of some sort i asume 
07-11-2009, 12:27 PM
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take the cover off...you will most likely see this
07-11-2009, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BLooD' post='939596' date='Jul 11 2009, 05:44 PM
lol, nah my cars more complicated than that 
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