I just purchased a 2014 Mini Cooper S and one of the first things I did was a complete detailing inside and outside of the car.

For the interior, I pulled the passenger seat in order to get to some dirt that was hiding under it.

Upon putting the seat back in and started her up, all of the passenger restraint system warning lights lit up. My center monitor now warns about it, along with my small speedo display, and a red triangle

I read a thread about folks accessing the satellite antenna by unplugging the seat control module, but it said as long as you don't start the car with the seat out, the warning won't appear. I didn't start my car, but they are still there.

Can I clear this code with the Bimmercode app? A specific other app? Am I stuck taking it to the dealer to clear it? I've seen some mentions of how to clear these on generation one and two, but nothing on three.

 

I you sure its not a real warning? That possibly something was not re-assembled quite correctly?

 

Never hurts to triple check, Walt, so I ran to the parking lot during lunch to check it out. Unfortunately, all was plugged in correctly. That seat plug is quite large and has a slide clip that slides over half of the plug to make sure everything is engaged correctly.

Back to square one. I was hoping someone smarter than me had figured out if it were possible using expert functions in bimmercode.

 

I had that happen to me when changing out a steering wheel in a Jetta. It was a dealer code (the vendor specific codes that don't show up with regular code readers).
I erased it with Carista.
I believe the app works with Mini too

 

Thanks, Dwayne. I'll look into Carista,

 

Dwayne's suggestion worked! I downloaded the Carista app and connected it to my bluetooth OBD adapter that I already had, and it read the codes. In order to clear the code, I had to purchase one week access, which ran $9.99, but that's much less than the dealer quoted ($70).

Outside of clearing codes, the Carista app is very limited for Minis, so I can't recommend it for customization, but it works for clearing the SRS lights I triggered by pulling the passenger seat (needlessly, since the satellite antenna is not under that seat in F56s).

Thanks again, Dwayne!

 

Your welcome, nothing more irritating than lights on in the dash.