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Old 01-15-2023, 06:36 PM
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Hello once again, I had a dead battery on 2008 911 4S with 40K miles that couldn't jump and based on the recommendations here I realized it's time for a new battery which I replaced today. Car starts right up but the Airbag light doesn't want to go away even after several restarts and about fifteen minutes drive. My search on the forum was inconclusive. Some said will go away by itself, whereas others suggested an OBD reset, and some even mention to change a sensor. Thank you.

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Old 01-15-2023, 08:07 PM
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sorry, just to be clear, NOT the passenger airbag light? ...because that **** never goes off and is annoying as hell to me.
Old 01-15-2023, 08:12 PM
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sorry, just to be clear, NOT the passenger airbag light? ...because that **** never goes off and is annoying as hell to me.
That's the one ;^) I think a reset should take care of it; it only happened after the battery swap. But I maybe wrong.
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I had this problem after routing a cable up the A pillar. Needed to use a Durametric to reset it.
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Airbag lights don't reset on their own and have to be cleared. Weird that it came on after the battery swap though.
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Same thing happened to me today after jump start ..airbag light stay on
I let the car run for awhile and shut it off ..light went away..
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Curious if the airbag is operational with the warning light on? (If it's still operational, I will, probably, procrastinate a bit to get it reset...)
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Originally Posted by moyamin


[...] Some said will go away by itself, whereas others suggested an OBD reset, and some even mention to change a sensor. Thank you.
A cluster-reset could help and is easy to perform, remove the cluster fuse for ~10 seconds with the key out, I think it is row "B" F1



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