Technical Loose cable - something missing?

[mrjingles]

Hi,
On my Bravo T-JET 120 I noticed a cable with an orange connector bound to the bar above the cooling fan. It's unconnected.
It didn't bother me very much until I saw pictures in magazines, everywhere the cable being connected to some blue gadget.
Is there something missing from my car? I bought it brand new a month ago.

 

[Omad]

Its part of the airbag wiring, that wire is or should be connected to as you say a blue block, which is a crash sensor.

If it had been a problem then you would have your airbag warning light on.

As a matter of safety DO NOT PROBE INTO IT OR CONNECT ANYTHING TO IT LIKE A MULTIMETER as this could set off the airbags.

By all means go to the dealer and put your mind at rest.

 

[mrjingles]

Thanks, I suspected that it was the airbag sensor, although the airbag light wasn't on.
Anyway, I asked the dealer and he told me, that it's normal. They don't put these sensors an every model. There are other sensors around the car, I guess.

 

[Hellcat]

Throw it open to the floor - anyone else not got a blue sensor block attached to their wire?

Everyone, go check your wire - and check your brake fluid, steering fluid, coolant and screen wash as well as the bonnet catch being free while you're at it!

 

[neilshep]

I've got one on my 1.9 MJet 120

 

[craig20102010]

Throw it open to the floor - anyone else not got a blue sensor block attached to their wire?

Everyone, go check your wire - and check your brake fluid, steering fluid, coolant and screen wash as well as the bonnet catch being free while you're at it!

i dont have a blue block on mine! but i noticed that ages ago.. just didnt really think anything of it since its not throughing up any errors.. i suspected it might of been a temperature sensor for the on board computer to show you outside temp..

 

[Hellcat]

Outside temp is normally in the bottom of the drivers mirror... I could be wrong though!

edit: Oh and I'm a bad mod - I forgot to have a look myself under the bonnet. Didn't want to smudge the dirt

 

[Big Black Stilo]

but good mod as the wing mirror hides the temp sensor

 

[tuttogas]

Thanks for bringing this up, mrjingles. When we picked up our new M-jet 2.0 Sport I had a good look under the bonnet, and that cable was just hanging there (not fixed as in your pic)so I asked what it was - and they didn't know!
Different wiring for different markets, I suspect.

 

[mrjingles]

Ok, thank you guys very much. Knowing there are other owners without this sensor gives me peace of mind

I was afraid that at the dealer's they forget to do some part of a pre-sell procedure (being it a car on display).