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Does anyone out there know where I can find the airbag warning light codes? I looked through the archives and couldn't find anything pointing me to a site which deciphers the codes. My airbag light is flashing a 4:5, but I would like to know what the other codes mean.

Thanks,
Tom

in the archives-

45=LH Primary Crash Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly

Normal Operation

The air bag diagnostic monitor measures the resistance between Pin C2-21, Circuit 9 (BR) and Pin C1-3, Circuit 91 (BK/R), diagnostic monitor reference ground. If the air bag diagnostic monitor measures a difference of more than 2.0 ohms between Pin C2-21 and Pin C1-3, it will flash Code 45.

Note that Circuit 9 (BR) is grounded to the side of the LH primary crash front air bag sensor case and the case is grounded to the vehicle at its mounting point.


Possible Causes

High resistance on Pin C2-21, Circuit 9 (BR) to ground can be caused by:

(1) A poor connection due to loose mounting or dirt at the LH primary crash front air bag sensor and bracket mounting location.

(2) An open or damaged wire Circuit 9 (BR) from Pin C2-21 of the air bag diagnostic monitor harness connector to LH primary crash front air bag sensor.

(3) An open circuit inside LH primary crash front air bag sensor.

As for the rest of the codes mean, this is what I have...

The following is from the Ford TSP (Technical Service Publication):

12=Low Battery Voltage
13=Air Bag Circuit Shorted to Ground
14=Primary Crash Sensor Circuit Shorted to Ground
21=Safing Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly
22=Safing Sensor Output Shorted to Battery Voltage
23=Safing Sensor Circuit Input Feed/Return Circuit Open
24=Safing Sensor Output Feed/Return Circuit Open
32=Driver Side Air Bag Circuit High Resistance or Open
33=Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit High Resistance or Open
34=Driver Side Air Bag Circuit Low Resistance or Shorted
35=Passenger Side Air Bag Circuit Low Resistance or Shorted
41=RH Primary Crash Sensor Feed/Return Circuit Open
42=LH Primary Crash Sensor Feed/Return Circuit Open
44=RH Primary Crash Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly
45=LH Primary Crash Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly
51=Air Bag Diagnostic Monitor Internal Thermal FuseFuse Blown Due to Intermittent Short to Ground
52=Backup Power SupplyVoltage Boost Fault
53=Primary Crash Sensor Circuits Resistance to Ground or Air Bag Diagnostic Fault

Hope that wets your whistle!

I guess that you didn't search hard enough!!!

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