Air Bag light

[B.C. Bake]

My air bag problem code 44.Never put Pict's in here so "I'm still lernnin

Oh, code was passenger side air bag sensor failure. Replaced it myself and got er done,,,,,,,no more light.

[Ozark Marauder]

Mine started flashing again, 3X paused then 3X paused then 3X then 3x , then stayed on. Did some internet research and found that the flashes correspond to fault codes, mine = fault code 33 according to the ford fault chart

Ford Airbag Fault Codes

Flash Code Component/Fault Description
— No Air Bag Indicator — Inoperative Indicator Circuit
— Continuous Air Bag Indicator — Diagnostic Trouble Code Timed Out, Diagnostic Monitor
Disconnected or Inoperative, or No Ignition Voltage to Diagnostic Monitor
12 Lost Battery Feed
13 Air Bag Circuit Shorted to Ground
14 Primary Crash Sensor Circuit Shorted to Ground
21 Diagnostic Monitor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly
22 Safing Sensor Output Circuit Shorted to Battery Voltage
23 Memory Clear Circuit Improperly Grounded
24 System Disarm Failure or Internal Diagnostic Monitor Fault
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 Right Radiator Primary Crash Sensor Feed/Return Circuit Open
42 Left Radiator Primary Crash Sensor Feed/Return Circuit Open
44 Right Radiator Crash Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly
45 Left Radiator Crash Sensor Not Mounted to Vehicle Properly
51 Airbag diagnostic Monitor Internal thermal fuse Blown
52 Back-up Power supply Voltage Boost Fault
53 Front Crash Sensor High Resistance or Diagnostic Monitor Failure

DTC B1933: PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG CIRCUIT HIGH RESISTANCE OR OPEN--LAMP FAULT CODE 33

Normal Operation

Note: The air bag connector and the air bag diagnostic monitor harness connector have metal spring clips that act as shorting bars. These shorting bars are built into the plastic hardshell connectors. The shorting bars are designed to short Circuit 607 (LB/O) and 616 (PK/BK) together when the connectors are not mated. DO NOT attempt to remove the air bag shorting bar and measure the resistance of the air bag.

The shorting bar(s) in the air bag diagnostic monitor harness connector may be removed by removing the black spacer (locking wedge) from the connector. Use extreme caution when reinstalling the spacers to make sure they are installed correctly.

While the igniyion is in the RUN position, the air bag diagnostic monitor runs periodic checks on the resistance of the driver and passenger air bag circuits.

l Normal resistance from Pin C1-5, Circuit 607 (LB/O)(passenger air bag feed) to Pin C1-4, Circuit 616 (PK/BK)(passenger air bag return) is between 0.9 ohm and 1.2 ohms. This resistance consists of the passenger air bag module resistance (approximately 1.0 ohm) plus a small amount of resistance due to the wire itself, crimps, etc.

l If the resistance across Pin C1-5, Circuit 607 (LB/O) and C1-4, Circuit 616 (PK/BK) exceeds 3 ohms, the air bag diagnostic monitor will store in memory DTC B1933 and flash lamp fault code 33 on the air bag indicator.

l If the high resistance is later serviced or otherwise falls into the normal range, DTC B1933 will be stored in memory.

Possible Causes

Excessive resistance across Pins C1-5, Circuit 607 (LB/O) and C1-4, Circuit 616 (PK/BK) can be caused by:

l an open circuit or high resistance in the wiring harness in either Pin C1-5, Circuit 607 (LB/O) or Pin C1-4, Circuit 616 (PK/BK) .

l an open circuit or high resistance in the passenger side air bag module. Do not attempt a direct resistance measurement of the air bag. Follow the diagnostic procedure to determine if the air bag resistance is higher than normal.


Electrical Schematic--Diagnostic Trouble Code B1933--Lamp Fault Code 33



² B1933-1: CHECK FOR HARD OR INTERMITTENT DTC
² B1933-2: MEASURE RESISTANCE
² B1933-3: CHECK AIR BAG DIAGNOSTIC MONITOR
² B1933-4: CHECK CIRCUIT 607 (LB/O) FOR OPEN
² B1933-5: CHECK FOR SERVICED DTC
² B1933-6: CHECK AIR BAG CONNECTIONS
² B1933-7: CHECK CIRCUITS 607 (LB/O) AND 616 (PK/BK)
² B1933-8: CHECK FOR OTHER DTCS

Now that I have all this information,

Any suggestions???? or is it dealer time

Got up this morning...... no light.......no problem,,,,,,,,,,WTF

[B.C. Bake]

Here's the air bag sensor apart, now I can see how it can go bad. I thought, maybe it was just some sort of slide switch? Didn't even bother to o scope it.

[Ozark Marauder]

My friend (ford mechanic) was fixing a few things, ran the scanner on the air bag light turned out to be drivers seat belt tensioner, 94.00 for the fix.

[BLACKMARAUDER04]

I had 2 separate modules go bad that talk to the computer, a big $500 repair bill.