12 42 540 Replacing safety battery terminal (SBK): Notes

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CAUTION: Observe safety regulations.

Investigate cause of triggering of safety battery terminal.

To do so, read out fault memory of airbag control unit. Note fault messages stored in memory. Rectify faults. Then clear fault memory.

Use of safety battery terminal:

From model year 1998 in Series E38, E39, E46
From 4/99 in E36/Z3
in each of following new Series

The different models have different installation locations: