1st Gen R50 Cooper Most liked posts in thread: Mt Dew caused airbag light fault

  1. goaljnky

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    #2 goaljnky, Aug 21, 2010
    Seems like an illogical conclusion. Can you please try to duplicate the fault with some Pepsi bottles? Both regular and diet to eliminate that variable. Report back to us. Thanks.
     
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    #3 docv, Aug 21, 2010
    Results with Red Bull were inconclusive....:lol:
     
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    #4 MinixB, Aug 21, 2010
    Baron Mini are a bunch of good peoples. :) Althought I sometimes feel like I know more about Mini's than the SA. Who was your SA today?
     
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    #5 docv, Aug 22, 2010
    I'm sorry I didnt get his name, was a little on the heavy side and had dark hair, the tech told me what he found, was a little amused..
     
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    #6 xnotfunkylex, Aug 22, 2010
    Glad it got worked out. But the issue I see here is that a soda bottle is able to unplug the airbag. If that isn't a design flaw then I don't know what is.
     
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    #7 Ernesto, Aug 22, 2010
    I'm just wondering if I can retrofit this ability to my R50..
     
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    #8 Motoring Magic, Aug 22, 2010
    Happens frequently

    We see this issue all the time at Airbag Service (my other job) and to all kinds of cars-water bottles, sandals, other crap wedged under the seat-the seat gets moved and the object pushes up against the connectors. They DO NOT have to be unplugged, just pressure causes the signal to be disturbed. First saw this at least 8 years ago in a VW Jetta and it has repeated many times.
     
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    #9 Minidave, Aug 22, 2010
    That sounds like Isaac, he's a good SA, I use him when I go in for work on my car.
     
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    #10 Gil-galad, Aug 22, 2010
    "It'll tickle yore innards" and your airbag circuitry. Amazing.
     
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    #11 hughes, Aug 22, 2010
    dont be messy FTW lol good story.
     
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    #12 ScottinBend, Aug 22, 2010
    You got room under your seat for a Mt Dew bottle?





    Just had to post something different.............:D
     
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    #13 Justa Jim, Aug 22, 2010
    I was thinking the same thing. There isn't any room under my seat to speak of.

    Jim
     
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    #14 lotsie, Aug 22, 2010
    Me three, I like my butt as close to the road as I can get it.

    Mark
     
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    #15 docv, Aug 22, 2010
    It was the passenger seat, wife has to feel like she's "sitting up".:rolleyes5:
     
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    #16 Johngo, Aug 22, 2010
    Poor road... :popcorn:
     
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    #17 iwashmycar, Aug 23, 2010
    lol
     
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    #18 Metalman, Aug 23, 2010
    It would have been a mess if that can of Mt Dew had exploded under the seat.
     
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    #19 KittyMini, Aug 23, 2010
    I knew that stuff was bad for ya!!!! :lol:
     
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    #20 Sideways, Aug 23, 2010
    So who was the responsible party for leaving the bottle under the seat in the first place???
    That person should be held liable and required to clean the interior for a fortnight!!!
     
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    #21 docv, Aug 23, 2010
    I will confess, I laid the bottle on the floor this spring when leaving Deals Gap before a run on the Dragon, I guess the twisties relocated it for me, bad thing is I cleaned the MINI out when I got home, and I slid the seat back and forth to vacuum the floors and didn"t see it....:eek: