Dead battery

Dman666

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Dreaded dead battery when I went to leave work....tried to pull the boot release cord under back seat and nothing happened so left the car at work.....
 

Scaf

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I think others have posted that sometimes it helps if someone pushes down on the boot when you pull my the release cord.
 

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Dreaded dead battery when I went to leave work....tried to pull the boot release cord under back seat and nothing happened so left the car at work.....

Try turning on all the Christmas tree lights on the dash.

Oh, wait, sorry. You threw me with a thread title which stated the cause and not the symptom.

Anyway, sorry to hear that and good luck.
 

Dman666

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Battery fully charged and now have airbag warning light on,is this because of the flat battery ?
 

Scaf

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I think the first thing to try would be to disconnect the battery again for 30mins.
Then connect again, when you turn on the ignition don’t start the engine until the car has gone though it’s check routine (warning lights go off on the dash).
Good luck
 

CatmanV2

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I think the first thing to try would be to disconnect the battery again for 30mins.
Then connect again, when you turn on the ignition don’t start the engine until the car has gone though it’s check routine (warning lights go off on the dash).
Good luck

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Dman666

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I think the first thing to try would be to disconnect the battery again for 30mins.
Then connect again, when you turn on the ignition don’t start the engine until the car has gone though it’s check routine (warning lights go off on the dash).
Good luck
Ahh ok awesome thats my next job this weekend
 

Dman666

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I think the first thing to try would be to disconnect the battery again for 30mins.
Then connect again, when you turn on the ignition don’t start the engine until the car has gone though it’s check routine (warning lights go off on the dash).
Good luck
Sadly didnt work
 

CatmanV2

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So which airbag light is it? If it's the passenger one, it'll go out after a few cycles (assuming the switch is good.) If it's another one, it's likely you disturbed a connector (under the seats) and it'll need reseating and then resetting

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Scaf

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Sadly didnt work
I ended up having to replace the passenger airbag switch ( located in the side of the nearside dash when you open the passenger door).
It’s not an expensive part and shared with many fiats etc - easy diy job although I added to a list of other with that Sportsitalia did for me.
 

Dman666

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So which airbag light is it? If it's the passenger one, it'll go out after a few cycles (assuming the switch is good.) If it's another one, it's likely you disturbed a connector (under the seats) and it'll need reseating and then resetting

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Was not sure which one it was as I thought there was only one light lol....but after a little checking the multi plug under the passengers seat has come unplugged,must have happened when I moved the seat to get to the boot release when the battery was dead,so the battery reset work after plugged back in.....happy days ...thanks
 

Dman666

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I ended up having to replace the passenger airbag switch ( located in the side of the nearside dash when you open the passenger door).
It’s not an expensive part and shared with many fiats etc - easy diy job although I added to a list of other with that Sportsitalia did for me.
Solved the issue now,the multi plug under the passengers seat had come unplugged ...thank you for all the help
 

CatmanV2

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Was not sure which one it was as I thought there was only one light lol....but after a little checking the multi plug under the passengers seat has come unplugged,must have happened when I moved the seat to get to the boot release when the battery was dead,so the battery reset work after plugged back in.....happy days ...thanks

Lucky! They often need computer reset!

Glad to be of serviccccccce. Hmmmmmmmmmmm

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