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Air Bag System - SRS Lamp ON/Multiple DTC's Set

Date: April 27, 2006

Order No.: P-B-91.60/109

Supersedes:

Group: 91

SUBJECT:
All Model 140, 170, 171, 202, 203, 208, 209, 210, 211, 215, 219, 220 and 230 Vehicles Equipped with Baby Smart(TM) Airbag Deactivation System

SRS Lamp Illuminated/DTC 9021, 9027, B1315 and/or 28





If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles with the SRS warning lamp illuminated and any of the above DTCs stored, please make note of the fault tracing information shown. To properly diagnose this issue, please follow the SRS fault tree in Star Diagnosis (SDS). This fault tree can be found in a quick test by selecting the stored DTC. If no faults are found, the cause could be a memory card with a transponder chip has been placed on the passenger seat. Company ID cards, notebook computers, PDAs, and other electronic equipment may contain such memory cards that cause interference with the Baby Smart(TM) transponder. This interference can be interpreted as a fault by the SRS control unit. This condition may be difficult to duplicate in the workshop. Please alert the customer not to place items containing memory cards on the passenger seat. Replacement of components will not remedy the situation.

Note:
The interference from electronic components is an outside influence and not a manufacturing defect and therefore cannot be claimed under warranty.