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documents.

The following documentation in the Service Information bulletin enclosure
is therefore not required when fitting "John Cooper Works" sports seats:

Procedure for deactivating and reactivating airbags in the dealer
organisation; "Documentation of the conversion" section/Enclosure
1

Documenting the customer's consent and the work carried out /
Enclosure 3

Procedure:

Deactivating / reactivating airbags

Important:

For vehicles with belt force limiter without key switch, the seat belt must be
exchanged for a "seat belt without belt force limiter" when the front-passenger
airbag is deactivated.

It is not necessary to replace the seat belt in the E46/C.

If the front passenger airbag is reactivated, the seat belt must again be replaced
with a "seat belt with belt force limiter" when the front-passenger airbag is
reactivated.

In Australia and Korea it is not permitted to deactivate the front-passenger airbag.

For vehicles for which a key switch is available for deactivating / reactivating the airbags is
optionally available, retrofit kits are also available for retrofitting a key switch.

Tables 1 and 2 provide an overview of the measures needed for deactivating / reactivating
the airbags, taking the stipulations for the specific models into account.

Table 1: 
Deactivating/reactivating the front-passenger airbag

Series

Date of 
introduction

Front 

airbag

Side

airbags, 

front

Measures for deactivating /
reactivating

E34

from 09.93

X

X

Conversion

E36

from 09.93

X

X

Conversion

E36/Z3

from series
production

X

X

Conversion

E38

from series
production

X

X

Conversion

E39

from series
production

X

X

Conversion

E52

from series
production

X

X

Conversion

E46

SI  Deactivating and reactivating airbags / belt reminder All Model series from Mode

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