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Air Bag Light Flases 5 Times...???

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  • Start date Start date Jan 15, 2012

OiDALE

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  • Jan 15, 2012
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Ok, this is driving crazy, a couple of weeks ago my air bag light came on in 5 flash burst with a couple seconds between...It flashes 5 times and keeps cycling over and over again while the car is on. Its a 1991 GT. It just appeared one day after the car sat for a couple of days. Its a garage kept car so no outside elements.

But about 4 days ago the light went out and a beep from under the das replaced it with the same sequence. A couple of days ago the tone was replaced by a broken tone like a crackle, seemed like it was breaking up (loose wire)...Today I went underneath the dash and found a little whit box where the tone came from. I moved it around, unplugged it and plugged it back and the tone stopped.

Now the light is back...Please help me out??? Its a 5 flash sequence which goes on and on...
 

Noobz347

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Not a digital tuning question.

Moving to Tech where you should get a better response.
 

stang&2Birds

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Does your horn work?

It could be a bad clockspring, one of the crash sensors, the safing sensor, the air bag, or some wiring.
Highest probability is the clockspring.

http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/airBag/airBag90-91.html
http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/airBag/images/airBagPartsLoc91.jpg
http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/airBag/images/airBagSchem1991.jpg


BTW, once you fix the fault, the diag monitor will then flash a code 10 indicating that the internal thermal saftey fuse is blown (on purpose by the diag monitor to prevent an accidental deployment if a main sensor was bad). So, you will then need a new "air bag controller". They are ~$30 from places on car-part.com .
 
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