HI, i'm MIke. I live in Worcestershire, UK and bought this 2000 Z3 2.8 off ebay ( 3rd car i've bought from Ebay - all OK) . I'm a grandad and I got this toy purely for myself ( my wife has bad back , dodgy knees) .Previous owner bought it from insurance co. and got it back on the road ( explains why I could afford it). Don't have any pics yet ( although i've owned it for a few months now), but its lovely. I joined you guys a couple of months ago and read all I could to understand how to fix a couple of issues I've got. To be honest I don't have time to go rallying or whatever, my pleasures in owning this car will be mainly fixing it and the occasional drive.
I originally started looking for an old MX5 but I soon realised that the chances of finding a non-rustbucket at a reasonable price was non-existent. Then I discovered these Z3s and fell into old-car heaven.
OK , now to my main issue - Airbag light. It was on when I bought the car - guy said garage had fixed it ( had very recent MOT) but it had since come on again ??????. I've tried finding out what it is, first with a B800 (yelow box) reset tool - wouldn't communicate with car ( OBDii or round socket) . Then I bought an Autel AL619 but that didn't get me to the airbag stuff. Finally I went nuclear and got INPA. With INPA I can read engine , transmission etc but won't access airbag ( error IFH 0009). I checked the airbag fuses ( based on fuse location card 40,41?) but all OK) and visually checked out the rest. So , please, any ideas??
I originally started looking for an old MX5 but I soon realised that the chances of finding a non-rustbucket at a reasonable price was non-existent. Then I discovered these Z3s and fell into old-car heaven.
OK , now to my main issue - Airbag light. It was on when I bought the car - guy said garage had fixed it ( had very recent MOT) but it had since come on again ??????. I've tried finding out what it is, first with a B800 (yelow box) reset tool - wouldn't communicate with car ( OBDii or round socket) . Then I bought an Autel AL619 but that didn't get me to the airbag stuff. Finally I went nuclear and got INPA. With INPA I can read engine , transmission etc but won't access airbag ( error IFH 0009). I checked the airbag fuses ( based on fuse location card 40,41?) but all OK) and visually checked out the rest. So , please, any ideas??
