hi, i have fitted leather seats with heating, but my air bag light is on and i have taken to dealer were they want nothing to do with me as i fitted them , i have had it on a reseting machine but it will not reset as it is not picking up the passenger seat , i have checkrd the wires and sems ok any one help .:(

Do you still have your old seats? Did you change the subframes and all when you did the swap?

hi, i have fitted leather seats with heating, but my air bag light is on and i have taken to dealer were they want nothing to do with me as i fitted them , i have had it on a reseting machine but it will not reset as it is not picking up the passenger seat , i have checkrd the wires and sems ok any one help .:(

I had this with, not a MINI, but on a new Freelander.
It didnt have heated seats fitted at the factory, so by getting hold of a set from another higher spec Freelander with the heated leather seats, you can fit them, but they dont work properly and all sorts of error codes are registered.
The dealer says it not as simple as just bolting a set in, the ECU that controls all the cars systems is different too and cannot just be reprogrammed to work.
They said it was too big a job to fit them after the event.
Maybe MINI is something similar?

Below is not really a fix but might get rid of the light on a Mk2 Mini........

On Mk1 Mini's if you remove the seats and replace them with aftermarket non-airbag ones then you will need a resistor in the circuit to “pretend” that the wiring is there. The resistors you need for the seats are 4 ohm 0.25 watt resistors. You need 2 of them, Maplin supply 3.9 ohms ones which are fine. Details for this may be found on MINI Torque:
Airbag Warning Fooling Resistors (http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f10/airbag-warning-fooling-resistors-12867/)

hi, i have fitted leather seats with heating, but my air bag light is on and i have taken to dealer were they want nothing to do with me as i fitted them , i have had it on a reseting machine but it will not reset as it is not picking up the passenger seat , i have checkrd the wires and sems ok any one help .:(

hi giys have had mini sorted. the person i got them of did not tell me they came from a left hand drive and the seat pad had to be changed as the sensor is in the passenger seat only .

Additionally since leather is a more expensive choice, it is often a sign of prestige and luxury. For those whose car is a reflection on their being or their status, leather offers a sense of class to the driver.

Additionally since leather is a more expensive choice, it is often a sign of prestige and luxury. For those whose car is a reflection on their being or their status, leather offers a sense of class to the driver.

Its often an indication youll be getting a cold bum on a winters morning too, so make sure the leather seats have heaters in them. :hmph: