» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM Yesterday 08:18 PM 6 Replies, 317,908 Views | | | | | | 12-07-2008, 06:07 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Seat Swap = Airbag light I just purchased leather tan seats from a active. I disconnected the batteries before swapping. After 2 hours of swapping the front to seats, I reconnect the battery and start the car up to a airbag light. The seats didn't have a problem on the previous car. I quadruple checked all the wiring. Can I just take it to BMW and have it cleared? or is there more to this? __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 12-07-2008, 06:18 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Orleans Posts: 970 | might be that the passenger seat occupancy sensors busted, its a little black box on the bottom of the passenger seat. swap it with your old seats and try again, might want to cycle the key a few times so it can clear it. if not, the dealer can clear it. __________________ ^being rebuilt^ until then: daily car: 96' Blue DASC'd ti with koni coilovers slowly progressing... weekend car: 85 1/2' 944 Porsche no a/c, p/s, gutted cat, loud as hell exhaust, loud as hell sound system | | | 12-07-2008, 06:20 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Quote: Originally Posted by minicoop900 might be that the passenger seat occupancy sensors busted, its a little black box on the bottom of the passenger seat. swap it with your old seats and try again, might want to cycle the key a few times so it can clear it. if not, the dealer can clear it. | The leather seats didn't have it, so I removed it from my old seat and used it. Btw, I have a base. __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 12-07-2008, 06:23 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Orleans Posts: 970 | oh ok, i have a 96 base auto and thats what was wrong with mine, swapped it out with one from a spare pair of seats we had and cleared the code with our scanner and it worked fine. did you try cycling the key in hopes that it clears it? what works sometimes is going all the way to the position before start and back to off 5 times quickly. __________________ ^being rebuilt^ until then: daily car: 96' Blue DASC'd ti with koni coilovers slowly progressing... weekend car: 85 1/2' 944 Porsche no a/c, p/s, gutted cat, loud as hell exhaust, loud as hell sound system | | | 12-07-2008, 06:28 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Quote: Originally Posted by minicoop900 oh ok, i have a 96 base auto and thats what was wrong with mine, swapped it out with one from a spare pair of seats we had and cleared the code with our scanner and it worked fine. did you try cycling the key in hopes that it clears it? what works sometimes is going all the way to the position before start and back to off 5 times quickly. | I'll try it out right now. Edit: No luck =\ __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 12-07-2008, 06:35 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Orleans Posts: 970 | hmm probably going to have to find a way to clear the light then to see whether its bad or not and if it is, replace it then clear it again. __________________ ^being rebuilt^ until then: daily car: 96' Blue DASC'd ti with koni coilovers slowly progressing... weekend car: 85 1/2' 944 Porsche no a/c, p/s, gutted cat, loud as hell exhaust, loud as hell sound system | | | 12-07-2008, 06:42 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Ah ok. I was thinking the same thing. Thanks for the help. I'm gonna stop by the dealership tomorrow and see what's up. If anyone else can pinpoint the problem, then post away. __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 12-07-2008, 06:42 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Orleans Posts: 970 | no problem __________________ ^being rebuilt^ until then: daily car: 96' Blue DASC'd ti with koni coilovers slowly progressing... weekend car: 85 1/2' 944 Porsche no a/c, p/s, gutted cat, loud as hell exhaust, loud as hell sound system | | | 12-07-2008, 06:53 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Btw, paid $50 for the perfect condition front seats. Tomorrow i'm going back and purchasing the perfect rears for another $50. What a steal! __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 12-07-2008, 08:31 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 | check again the plugs for the seatbelts are in properly. Remeber never to have the ignition on when the seats are removed , as the SRS lamp will come on ! The lamp must be reset. Whether its at BMW or with at home reset tool that has this function. __________________ Vin Number decode and Retrofit Pdfs Available Free ! Just PM | | | 12-08-2008, 07:58 PM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Wtf $100 just to have them "look at the problem". Is there any other way that I can reset it like the service light? __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 12-08-2008, 09:48 PM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 585 | I have a 96' and I did an interior swap with a 98'. I had the light on in my car and the other car didn't but my light still stayed on. I've tried to clear it and it still stays on. If it annoys you enough just remove the bulb. I don't know about resetting it, I tried that and it came right back on. And also couldn't the SRS light be on because of the seat belt latch/harness not just the seat sensor? Or did I just make that up. | | | 12-09-2008, 01:06 AM | #13 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Hmm, my vader swap went without a hitch. They had the older style seat belt receptacles, so I swapped the ones off of my sport seats onto them. I disconnected BOTH positive and negative cables from the battery prior to the swap and hooked them back up after everything was back together. No airbag light. It lights up for the first 4 or 5 seconds when I start the car, which is normal. Then when Bobbak installed my sport seats into his car, he had to install his older style receptacles onto them. He only disconnected the negative battery cable IIRC and sure enough, when he started the car, the airbag light came on. note, the front seat belt receptacles are armed with an Automatic Locking Tensioner. This device retracts the recepticle about 2 inches in the event of an accident. 318ti's built up to 03/97 use a mechanical auto-locking mechanism(part#'s 72118167711 left and 72118167712 right) while models built after 03/97 use a pyrotechnic auto-locking mechanism (part#'s 72118221013 left and 72118221014 right). __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! Last edited by cooljess76; 07-11-2011 at 01:46 AM. | | | 12-09-2008, 01:23 AM | #14 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Son of a damnit!! I did the same thing bobbak did. I was in a rush that I wasn't even thinking. Did he ever fix it? __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 12-09-2008, 01:44 AM | #15 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Quote: Originally Posted by Maverix Son of a damnit!! I did the same thing bobbak did. I was in a rush that I wasn't even thinking. Did he ever fix it? | I'm pretty sure he did. You'll need to buy or borrow an SRS reset tool. Most shops will have one and will probably let you use it or charge very little if you explain what you've done to them. __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!! | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |