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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:26 pm 
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Just wondering, both my airbags went of in my EL fairmont ghia, and i havent put in the new one's in as of yet, the light on the dash flash saying 'AIRBAG' im wondering if i put the 2 new airbags in and conect them up will they deploy or what??

i just donT want to put them in and they go off in my face, wouldnt be a pleasent feeling! so can anyone help me with this?? will the computers need reseting or what?

HOW DO I GO ABOUT THIS?

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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:40 pm 
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before you do anything take out the airbag fuse. then you conect the airbags. then once everything, i mean everything you put the fuse back in and it won't go off in your face

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:02 pm 
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Have you checked that the reason why your airbag light is on is actually because the airbags need replacing and not some other reason? Check out the diagnostics document modification page thingo and have a read, it solved my problem after I had changed my steering wheel.
As for the air bag going off, it should only do that if you set off the sensor which is in the front of the car or somehting!
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:22 pm 
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As said, take the fuse out, maybe take batterry out (just as a double precatuin) and leave it for 30 mins or 3/4 hour, cant remember which one, there is a capacitor which holds the airbag charge for that long. So drain that out. Play with brake pedal to help the cause and make sure there is no charge eft in anything.

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:47 pm 
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as said check the reason why the air bag light is on. cause u never know it might be the clock coil spring cause if that is f**k your air bag light will come on. does ur crusie control work, if not ur clock coil spring is f*****

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:14 pm 
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why did they go off int he first place?

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:24 pm 
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The reason both AIRBAGS went of, im not to sure exactly coz i bought it damaged for $2600 EL FAIRMONT GHIA 97 THAT IS and i think who ever owned it had run down into a ditch and it hit the side (left) and pushed the whole front railing and chassie up, so im guessing thats how both went off,

ive completetly fixed everythign ready to be resprayed tomorrow, cant with though,
gotta go for the VIV and sh*t like that

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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:19 am 
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Hey, I'm just curious on what you plan to do with the car... I presume it's what they call a "repairable write-off"? I was having fun looking at all of the smashed up vehicles on an auction website last night, some are totalled (stat write-off) but I did see a BA that just has a bit of side door damage which looks pretty minimal. Then again there are some that appear to have a small amount of damage (like the rear bumper and tailgate buckled) but there are other telltale signs like the doors not closing properly.
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:45 am 
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front centre of the bumper there is a airbag sensor.. if thats smashed it will deploy again .. so make sure its not.. and your fuse!
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:41 pm 
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front centre of the bumper there is a airbag sensor.. if thats smashed it will deploy again .. so make sure its not.. and your fuse!


Is that in the engine bay? Just wondering when I put on the XR bar if I still have it. Im thinking so.
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:43 pm 
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Nah thats not smashed at the front, its fine, where are the other sensors? obviously theres one on the left hand guard? or would that of been just the vibration to the sensor in the middle that caused my airbags to go off?

THIS IS BEEN A REALL GOOD HELP!

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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:20 pm 
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if u puttin new airbags u mite have to reset the setting in the box that is located in the engine...not sure if this is applicable to fords
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