Hi All,

Having problems with this car. It failed the MOT on many items one of which was airbag light on. On diagnosing it with BMW ISTA it was flagging a fault for the "Satellite Sensor B Pillar Right" (SBSR) module internal fault (98D1) and "Front Airbag, right, firing circuit, short circuit" (98D3).

The test plan for the first fault was to replace the module with a new one and code/program it in to the vehicle.

New module duly ordered, one week later it arrived and I programmed it in today. I did get a fault for "System time fault" which when following the test plan was sorted with a suitable service routine.

The "Front Airbag firing circuit, short circuit fault" no longer returned which I was sort of hoping for :-)

All going well after a test drive we then re-tested the vehicle only for the airbag light to return during the test!

On further interrogation we now get what seems a duplicate/mirror of the previous faults but now on the left hand side module!

"Satellite Sensor B Pillar Left" (SBSL) module internal fault (9851) and "Front Airbag, left, firing circuit, short circuit" (9853).

This seems more than a coincidence that they must be related. Has anyone seen this before? Is there anyway to fix it without paying out over £300 for yet another module. I believe you can't fit used modules as the VIN is programmed into them.

I haven't yet tried to run the BMW ISTA programming option again to see if it offers anything else to try.

If anyone can suggest anything I would be interested to hear them.

Many thanks

Sean