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    airbag SRS code on due to battery?

    Just took my Z4 out of storage today... Put the battery back in, started it up fine, however, now I have the airbag SRS light on. Noticed a few threads across the forums for this issue, however, not due to the same circumstances as mine.

    Can connecting the battery trip an SRS fault code? In my 8 years of zed ownership, hadn't seen this before.

    Only way to clear the code is dealer/indy shop/INPA software? Auto parts stores won't go near this code due to liability? I feel safe that I somehow caused electrical fault while putting battery back in and this is not indicative of a real problem.

    I'm presuming everything else in the car is fine, it's been sitting for 5 1/2 months.
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    problem solved, undervoltage fault, cleared code w/ C310+ reader and I'm good to go now
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    Quote Originally Posted by jman1975 View Post
    problem solved, undervoltage fault, cleared code w/ C310+ reader and I'm good to go now
    light came back, no fault code read by the C310+, don't want to keep playing the game so into the dealer it goes, sigh
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    Quote Originally Posted by jman1975 View Post
    light came back, no fault code read by the C310+, don't want to keep playing the game so into the dealer it goes, sigh
    Did this get fixed satisfactorily? What did the dealer do? How much for the fix?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jborchel View Post
    Did this get fixed satisfactorily? What did the dealer do? How much for the fix?
    never ended up having the dealer do anything... in the eleventh hour (i.e. the night before the dealer appt.) I figured out how to clear the fault w/ the C310+

    I went through the entire catalogue of the reader and cleared fault codes from various sections; after about 2 or 3 particular ones the airbag light went off and hasn't come back
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    Quote Originally Posted by jman1975 View Post
    never ended up having the dealer do anything... in the eleventh hour (i.e. the night before the dealer appt.) I figured out how to clear the fault w/ the C310+

    I went through the entire catalogue of the reader and cleared fault codes from various sections; after about 2 or 3 particular ones the airbag light went off and hasn't come back
    I did something similar with my Boxster a few years ago. The error code indicated an emissions systems leak. I used to have to reset it every few weeks. Then someone suggested I replace the gas cap. Yep! The code never appeared again.

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