help - airbag light on after switch install
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help - airbag light on after switch install
First, thanks so good technical articles here, I was able to quickly remove my trim around the radio. I installed a momentary switch in the extra space around my cigarette lighter, and wired it to my garage door opener. I hid the opener in the space back there. So now I just have to push the button (no more opening my overhead sunglasses case to get to it and no clipping it on my visor). Pretty cool.
BUT - as you all know better than me, I had to disconnect the passenger side airbag light switch at the top to pull the panel back. Now that I have reassembled everything, the service airbag light is on on my dash. Could I get this if I didn't plug that in well (which i swear I did)? Could I have blown a fuse and get this (I know, I need to check, but reaching out since I can't check immediately)?
Help please! Thanks in advance. I have a 2004 FX4 F-150 SuperCrew.
BTW - I just went out and counted the flashes. When I put in the key and turn to run (do not start) - I get one flash, then pause, then eight flashes. This repeats over and over.
BUT - as you all know better than me, I had to disconnect the passenger side airbag light switch at the top to pull the panel back. Now that I have reassembled everything, the service airbag light is on on my dash. Could I get this if I didn't plug that in well (which i swear I did)? Could I have blown a fuse and get this (I know, I need to check, but reaching out since I can't check immediately)?
Help please! Thanks in advance. I have a 2004 FX4 F-150 SuperCrew.
BTW - I just went out and counted the flashes. When I put in the key and turn to run (do not start) - I get one flash, then pause, then eight flashes. This repeats over and over.
Last edited by conway; 11-15-2010 at 10:48 AM. Reason: new info
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Thanks! I hope I didn't break the light. I was very careful.
BTW - how do you know to look at code 18 when you get 1 flash then 8 flashes and this continues to repeat?
Also, is there any way that I might have blown a fuse (since I stupidly didn't disconnect the battery when I unplugged this stuff)? If so, is there a way to know exactly which fuse to check?
I do thank you for your help!
BTW - how do you know to look at code 18 when you get 1 flash then 8 flashes and this continues to repeat?
Also, is there any way that I might have blown a fuse (since I stupidly didn't disconnect the battery when I unplugged this stuff)? If so, is there a way to know exactly which fuse to check?
I do thank you for your help!
Last edited by conway; 11-15-2010 at 01:33 PM. Reason: another question
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Actually counting a LFC 53 is slightly quicker than a LFC 18.
LFC 18 is counting 9 flashes ( 1 then 8 )
LFC 53 is counting 8 flashes ( 5 then 3 )
The longest LFC to count is 49, which is 13 flashes ( 4 then 9 ).
It is counter intuitive, when you think low number to high number, counting a LFC 16 takes the same amount of time as a LFC 52, which are both shorter than a LFC 18.
Have to think in terms of the numbers as single digits put together, not actual counting ( that is why they did them as 2 digit LFC, the LFC 53 a person would loose track of... )
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