ST200 Airbag Light

[fabricator]

Hi,

Started the car this morning, and the airbag light came on, is this a common fault?

Any help much appreciated as always.

Cheers,
Neil

[st200estate]

hi, check connections under seat, it should be flashing in sequence to a code your local dealer will tell you which connection to check. happens all mondys pm for any questions.

[Podie]

st200estate said:

hi, check connections under seat, it should be flashing in sequence to a code your local dealer will tell you which connection to check. happens all mondys pm for any questions.

exactly as the man says...

[Nebby]

My old st24 estate developed this problem it flashed 3 times if i remember righty which denoted it was seat belt tensioners, but mine in the end was in fact a bad connection on one of the plugs under the passenger seat.
Worth checking yourself first just unplug and back in a couple of times to see if it goes out.

[Dave_ST220]

Are these plugs the worse known to man?! My Mrs old Escort did this ffs!! For something that could be called mission critical you'd think they'd be more reliable.

[fabricator]

Thanks to all for your info. Much appreciated.

Will let you know how I get on.


Neil

Edited by fabricator on Wednesday 25th July 23:29

[millermilla]

Bought an ST200 a couple of days ago with Airbag light on, hovered it out and in doing so moved the seats and hey presto the light has gone out. Its a pretty common problem on all makes not just Ford with the seat belt pre tentioner connections.

[fabricator]

Got it sorted, under the passenger seat a yellow loom had been repaired, read bodged, before. Looks as if it had caught up in the runners and broken, had been soldered, good job, but had not had heat shrink used on the joints, basically the insulation tape had split/ torn allowing the 2 wired to touch, hence the light flashing.
Re cut, re-soldered using h/duty Raychem (Aviation quality) heat shrink, over the soldered joints, and over the whole repair, proper job!
I would recommend dis-connecting the battery, and waiting 1/4 hr or so, before doing any A/ bag investigations,
Thanks to every-one who offered help,
Cheers,
Fab.

Edited by fabricator on Saturday 28th July 00:44