Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Air bag light stays on.?

I have a1999 Ford Explorer. The air bag light will blink 3 times and then 6. After that it stays on. Some times it will not do this and every thing is fine. Can some one please give me some help on this. Thank You

4 Answers

Relevance
  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Definatley gonna want to let the dealer handle this one

    Code 36:

    36 Driver Side Air Bag Circuit Shorted to Battery or Ignition

    36 Driver Side Air Bag Circuit Shorted to Ground

    36 Driver Side Air Bag Circuit Resistance High .

    36 Driver Side Air Bag Circuit Resistance Low

  • Here is an ssm for your concern. Your dtc 36 matches the b1994 listed below.

    It is for the driver "side" airbag. This vehicle will have the harness that

    will run from the airbag monitor to the side of the front seats even if the

    vehicle is not equipped with the airbags in the seats. There are 2 part #'s

    listed depending on 2 or 4 door models. Thsi is basically an overlay harness

    & fairly easy to install, about 1-2 hours time is sufficient.

    AIR BAG LAMP ON WITH SIDE AIR BAG DTC'S B1994 &/OR B1998

    SOME 1999-2000 EXPLORER/MOUNTAINEER VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT AN AIR BAG LAMP

    "ON" WITH SIDE AIR BAG DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) B1994 &/OR B1998 IN

    SELF TEST. THIS CAN OCCUR ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH OR WITHOUT SIDE AIR

    BAGS. THIS MAY BE DUE TO VARIOUS ROOT CAUSES IN THE SIDE AIR BAG WIRING OF

    THE 14488 HARNESS. ENGINEERING HAS RELEASED A MORE ROBUST OVERLAY HARNESS TO

    INSTALL ON VEHICLES THAT COME IN FOR THIS ISSUE. IF A VEHICLE COMES IN FOR

    THIS CONCERN, VERIFY THAT THE AIR BAG LAMP IS "ON" WITH SIDE AIR BAG DTC'S

    B1994 &/OR B1998 IN SELF TEST. IF SO, INSTALL OVERLAY HARNESS KIT PART

    NUMBER XL2Z-14B455-AA FOR 4 DOOR MODELS OR OVERLAY HARNESS KIT PART NUMBER

    XL2Z-14B455-BA FOR 2 DOOR MODELS. THE KIT INCLUDES AN INSTRUCTION SHEET ON

    HOW TO INSTALL THE OVERLAY HARNESS. NOTE: THIS ISSUE DOES NOT AFFECT FRONT

    AIR BAG OPERATION.

    Rec take it to a shop familiar w airbags and show them this or have them look up the tsb on it.

    Source(s): 25 years experience, I ain't guessin'
  • 5 years ago

    only way to diagnose the Air Bag light is to take it to someone who has a scanner to plug into the diagnostic port on your van and read the code. The air bag problem and the cruise problem should be unrelated.

  • 1 decade ago

    The general advice for air bag is that they are safety devices and potential dangerous if they explode (deploy) during repair. So everybody says to take it to a pro to get it fix or checked out.

    Good Luck...

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.