I have a question about Airbags. I went thru the Disarm procedure in Alldata. It'd been disarmed for a few days now. I need to hook up the batt for some troubleshooting and want the airbag to remain disarmed. Can I just leave the airbag connectors dc'd and hook the Batt up? Will that screw up anything that would need to be "reset".

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles

I left the red airbag connector dc'd and drove the car to make sure I had the sterring wheel correctly positioned. The airbag light was on while I was driving. After everything was OK I re-connected the the red connector and the airbag light went off, never to be seen again.

Heh, well that's even more confusing!

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles

How so? It was all quite straightforward to me.

I've go some saying that if I do that, I will get a SRS light that will require a reset at the dealer.


I've been reading SRS reset threads today. Obviously if I could getaway with what you are describing that would be perfect. I am getting conflicting data however.

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles

No one with an 124 is saying a trip to the dealer is needed.

I read back over a few of your posts.

Seems like you've had a lot of experience with the airbag in W124's. At least more than I have had.

You don't think there will be a problem connecting the battery without the airbag connector connected? Then Power down, reconnect, Power up, no light issue expected?

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<<Les Garten>> 1988 300TE 280,000 Miles