Resetting Air Bag light on 2004 and newer

[Manolito]

I foolishly tested my window regulator repair while the door airbag was unplugged. Now I have an SRS light glowing at me.

I tried the Peake SRS tool that I use on my e36s. I used the rectangular adapter from my other Peake tool to adapt it to the e46 connector under the dash. Peake says that their tool works only to 2003. They are correct.

The Peak tool correctly identified the fault as the driver door air bag, but when I tried to reset the light, it just put an "E" in the tool's display and it did not reset the light.

The dealer wants $160 to reset the light. That ain't gonna happen.

Are their any other options?

[Manolito]

Problem solved. I called the independent shop that I rely on for those few jobs that I cannot do myself on the BMWs - Capitol City European in Sacramento. There are several excellent BMW/Mercedes shops in Sacramento, but Capitol City is the greatest!

[ishanw12]

is there a way to fix it yourself?

[Manolito]

If you are clever enough to reverse-engineer the system the way the aftermarket tool people do, and figure out just what kind of a signal it needs to reset the memory, you might be able to do it. I would not be surprised to learn that the aftermarket tool people occasionally trash a system though. Not a chance I want to take with my car.

[ishanw12]

cool thanks