How do I get the airbag beep to stop?

[5.0 Nostalgia]

My airbag must not work because I get that beeping noise. What can I do to get rid of that?

 

[crazypete]

Hunt down the "beeper module" or chime and yank it out. My girlfriend's t-bird had a door ajar sensor that was on the brink and the chime would be going nonstop. I just found the module (I think...it's on the pass side near the cabin blower but you could always follow the beep). Sounds like you have a short. I would disable it just in case it decides to trigger for no reason (unplug connector on back of airbag).

 

[5.0 Nostalgia]

Actually, it is supposed to do this from the factory. If you are having problems with the air bag, a idiot light will come on. If that light fails, the beep will kick in. I don't want to trace down the beep because it is coming from the center of the dash above the radio. It would probably be a pain to get to, so I would rather just fix the problem because the sensors are easier to get to. I just don't know how to fix it.

 

[crazypete]

The center dash isnt all that hard to get to. I see 1989 and 1991 in your sigs. Same generation as my 91. I just finished pulling the _entire_ interior out of my 1991 to tear up the floorboard soundproofing. I would pull out the radio and look up if it's coming from that area. Radio is just 2 easy clips. Should be easy enough to get to.

But seriously:

If the airbag light is on...chances are that system is no longer working and wouldnt fire. I doubt you would want to go in and try to debug that particular system due it is rather explosive nature if you happen to short the wrong thing (though I would think it take more than 12V to fire an airbag).

I intentionally removed my airbag system a long time ago and it's quite a bit of wiring and at least 2 baby blue modules under the dash and a connectors and some harnesses going along the steering column. Lots of wiring. I didnt seem to have any impact sensors on the bumper so I'm not sure how the fords sense impact but this car _was_ rebuilt from a collision at some point.

Just my .02

 

[TheUser]

if i remember correctly, it's a blue box located behind the a/c controls in the center console - as you noted. It wasn't the easiest thing to disconnect given the location, but I managed to get it out w/o breaking anything. I think you can reach up from behind a little, but I can't remember. If you can, it might just be better to fix it. I'm not positive what mine was for now, but I think it was the airbag.

 

[pwcracer]

beeper

I have that problem too, did you notice it re-beeps exactly 45 minutes from when you start the car??

 

[5.0 Nostalgia]

I have that problem too, did you notice it re-beeps exactly 45 minutes from when you start the car??

Actually, it is about 20 minutes for me. But yeah, it is annoying.

 

[BlackFox5.0]

Go here to diagnose it. www.veryuseful.com Count the beeps, that will tell you the code number.

 

[5.0 Nostalgia]

Go here to diagnose it. www.veryuseful.com Count the beeps, that will tell you the code number.

Thank you. That was informative. Once I put the transmission back in I will use that to diagnose the beep. In the manual it says it will beep 5 times. That is what mine does.