nathos Member 26 Member For: 14y 9m 22d Posted 17/06/12 12:09 PM Share Posted 17/06/12 12:09 PM Wondering if anyone could help, wont have time till next week to get down to a workshop due to work.Installed a new growler intake and drilled 2 holes for the mounts right at the front of the unit as specified in instructions.2 days later after a long drive while sitting in the car letting it idle the airbag light showed up.Took battery off to let the computer reset.When restarted car the airbag light did a sequence of approximatley 10 flashes in different series of 1's and 2'sLight is still onAre there any common faults to check before taking it in?Could the drilling, of two small holes in the lip in front of the air intake for growler mounts effect the airbags?Car is a bf2 xrt - have never had any airbag lights come on or any physical damage in the period I have owned the car.any help would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 1d Gender: Male Posted 17/06/12 08:53 PM Share Posted 17/06/12 08:53 PM More than likely it will be a side airbag open circuit, remove the seat base trims closest to the front outside of both seats, there will be a yellow connector plugged into the seatbase, disconnect it ad slightly bend the pins up, reconnect and repeat on the other side then disconnect your battery to reset it,, that fixes 99% of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daztbo FLY-FPV Donating Members 474 Member For: 15y 4m Gender: Male Location: Greensborough Vic Posted 17/06/12 08:59 PM Share Posted 17/06/12 08:59 PM yep what he said airbag light is cOnnected under the seat the Yellow plug is prob a lil loose it will have nothing to do with the holes you drilled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathos Member 26 Member For: 14y 9m 22d Posted 18/06/12 03:52 AM Author Share Posted 18/06/12 03:52 AM hey thanks guys... had a look under the seats last night and nothing seems looseto access these yellow plugs do I need to take the seat out of the car?bionic you said to remove the seat base outer trim? how do I do this?thanks for the help! and good to know its not from the holes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 1d Gender: Male Posted 18/06/12 04:50 AM Share Posted 18/06/12 04:50 AM No need to remove the seat just the trims tgat cover the seat rail bolts they just inclip, you wont see anything loose its just the pins in the connector lose tension over time and cause a high resistance reading to the rcm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 18/06/12 06:51 AM Share Posted 18/06/12 06:51 AM I have the exact same issue. I will try the same thing. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 17y 19d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 18/06/12 06:55 AM Share Posted 18/06/12 06:55 AM They can be knocked when vacuum cleaning under the seat too. Just slide the seat right back and you should be able access them from memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathos Member 26 Member For: 14y 9m 22d Posted 18/06/12 08:31 AM Author Share Posted 18/06/12 08:31 AM The clips you were talking about we're missing in my car maybe that's why they got knocked.I pushed both seats all the way back and pulled and pushed all the wires just to look for something that is loose. Didn't find anything loose, so thought I didn't fix the problem, but this morning when I went for a drive the airbag light is no longer on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 17y 19d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 18/06/12 08:49 AM Share Posted 18/06/12 08:49 AM Hooray!, congratulations , your now a ford electronics technician!If it happens again , you know where to start, worth adjusting the pins inside the plug as mentioned earlier if it happens again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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