Mechanic caused the Airbag light to come on?

[BMW-F1-FAN]

I took my car to the mechanic to run my codes for me. He said there were two erroneous codes and cleared them. When I picked up my car after hours I took it to the carwash. Cleaned the engine bay while the engine was still running and got back in to the car. I noticed the airbag light did not go out. I called them the next day and they said that whatever they did cannot generate a code; The system must generate it by itself. The car is 131,400 hours old and for the 1 hour that they had it the light comes on go figure. Any advice?

[Bill R.]

the engine bay.... You probably got one or more of the impact sensors located on the fender wells connectors wet and it shorted. They are the bright orange sensors mounted on each fender well... Now you'll have to wait until everything dries out and have a shop reset the airbag code to shut the light off.

I took my car to the mechanic to run my codes for me. He said there were two erroneous codes and cleared them. When I picked up my car after hours I took it to the carwash. Cleaned the engine bay while the engine was still running and got back in to the car. I noticed the airbag light did not go out. I called them the next day and they said that whatever they did cannot generate a code; The system must generate it by itself. The car is 131,400 hours old and for the 1 hour that they had it the light comes on go figure. Any advice?

[632 Regal]

wow I learn something every day here...well almost.

[Jeff N.]

Note to self:

Wrap airbag sensors in plastic before washing engine.

thx Bill.

[Bill R.]

I took my car to the mechanic to run my codes for me. He said there were two erroneous codes and cleared them. When I picked up my car after hours I took it to the carwash. Cleaned the engine bay while the engine was still running and got back in to the car. I noticed the airbag light did not go out. I called them the next day and they said that whatever they did cannot generate a code; The system must generate it by itself. The car is 131,400 hours old and for the 1 hour that they had it the light comes on go figure. Any advice?

[JD525IA]

I did the same thing a few years back. A roll of plastic wrap is mighty useful when it comes to detailing an engine bay. You'd think somethings as important as an impact sensor would be more water-tight.

[MicahO]

Teledyne Waterpik

[BMW-F1-FAN]

Thanks gentlemen. Any have a Peak Engine code reader for sale?

[Bill R.]

bmws, i had one and returned it..

Thanks gentlemen. Any have a Peak Engine code reader for sale?