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Topic: Annoying flashing light (Air Bag)
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mustanggt350
Journeyman Posts: 7
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Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-17-2002 05:20 PM
   
I was wondering if anyone can help me, my car's air bag light has been flashing. It started out as three consecutive flashes and now has changed to four consecutive flashes. What is it trying to tell me? HELP!!
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Stewart
Moderator Posts: 9155
From: Monterey, CA Mustangsandmore Member #437
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 04-17-2002 07:55 PM
I'd bet it's your clockspring. I'm not sure though, because I don't have a code chart.Watch the flashes. If it gives you three flashes, then a pause, then four flashes, that's a code 34. My '94 F-150 is flashing a code 12 and a code 21, but I have yet to investigate and find out what the codes signify. It's been my understanding that is isn't uncommon for the clocksprings to go out in the Fox Chassis Mustangs. Stewart
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wythors
Gearhead Posts: 2693
From: The cold, gray Pacific Northwest
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 04-17-2002 10:00 PM
My Ford service manual has 72 pages related to diagnosing the airbag system in your car. Each trouble code has 2 to 3 pages of wiring and pin checks as well as diagnostic procedures. I'd highly recommend that you take it to someone competent for diagnosis and repair if you want to get it fixed before you start throwing parts at it.
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FISHTAIL
Gearhead Posts: 560
From: Waldorf/College Park MD USA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 04-18-2002 12:03 AM
Easy way to tell if it's your clock spring....if the clock spring has failed, you won't have a horn or cruise control either. They all run in a series of parallel wires that is wrapped around a whole rack of times inside a sealed plastic cylinder. Those wires have a tendency to break...causing a loss of power to all accessories in the steering wheel. Though possible, it's unlikely that you broke only the wire portaining to the airbag. What you really need to know about that light is that when it flashes.....your airbag isn't working. Take it to a shop, and have it checked out. It's a major pita to try and diagnose that thing yourself without the proper equipment.------------------
-FISHTAIL
92GT "The Ghetto Sled"
CMPS major @ University of MD college park
Best ET/MPH thus far: 14.40/100.67mph....damn wheel spin.
VP and co-founder of CMTC www.cmntc.com
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mustanggt350
Journeyman Posts: 7
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Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-18-2002 01:29 AM
Thank you guys for all your help.  I know that my horn and cruse control still work properly. I was thinking that it might be corrosion. I live in the Northwest and that happens allot up here.
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IIblue74
Gearhead Posts: 163
From: memphis,tn
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-18-2002 08:30 AM
This page helped me fix mine (first it was 10 flashes, then I got it down to 4, now it's out)
http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/airBag/[This message has been edited by IIblue74 (edited 04-18-2002).]
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