| Author | Message | ||
| Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
Member Username: Eurocardoc Post Number: 265 Registered: 11-2001 |
You can erase a fault code by grounding pin #1 on the diagnostic plug for between 5 and 10 seconds. | ||
| NGSVDO (Azspider)
New member Username: Azspider Post Number: 49 Registered: 6-2001 |
I had the same problem. At 3000 miles the previous owner jump started it and coincidentaly it happened after that. The dealer told me it was a bad ECU and cost 1500.00 to replace with labor. (97 355 spider) | ||
| Julian Bowman (Julian)
New member Username: Julian Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2002 |
My 355 has 15k miles. Pino,my car's battery did discharge and had to be recharged, but it wasn't jump started. The light was on when it came back from a main dealer here in London (good service , eh!) | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1115 Registered: 2-2001 |
Most "Normal Car" air bags are disarmed when the warning lamp is on and should be OK to drive. I see them every day on and in most cases it costs more to repair than the customer is willing to pay. | ||
| Joseph Caretti (Pino)
New member Username: Pino Post Number: 3 Registered: 4-2002 |
Julian, I had a problem with my Airbag Lamp ('98 F355). It came on when the car was started with a weak battery. This indeed was the code stored in the ECU. The lamp will only go out by reseting it with the SD1 tool. I must warn you, however, a bad Airbag ECU is not unheard of on F355's. Especially if the car was jump started because of said weak battery. Jump starting is a definate "no-no" on these cars. | ||
| Andrew (Mrrou)
Junior Member Username: Mrrou Post Number: 143 Registered: 3-2002 |
how many miles are on your 355? | ||
| Manu Sachdeva (Manu)
Junior Member Username: Manu Post Number: 167 Registered: 2-2002 |
I would recommend you stop driving it and have someone take a look. Apparently airbag faults are rare (I don't know about the specific situation with F355s) but you dont want that thing inflating while your driving down the Motorway at 150mph....... I personally think it is likely to be a genuine fault...but then again, what do I know...?  | ||
| Julian Bowman (Julian)
New member Username: Julian Post Number: 1 Registered: 4-2002 |
The airbag warning light on my 355 f1 spider keeps coming on, I've tried re-initialising the electrical system by starting up and leaving it for 20 mins, but no effect. Anyone had a similar problem? |