Airbag deployment question.......
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...I have done a lot of Ford air bags and ALWAYS replaced the sensors because they DO NOT reset (meaning when the ball passes through the "tunnel" it does not return because the channel is magnetic and that holds the ball in contact with the contacts and is therefore "expended".
If the magnet was at the contact end, the sensor would arrive at the factory "expended" due to tilting & jarring during shipping. And if they hadn't by then, they would the first time you used the brakes.
Last edited by Steve83; 10-11-2011 at 05:40 PM.
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seat belt tensioners, air bags, cut carpet?
Hi guys. Wife wrecked my 02 F150 Super Crew with just enough force to deploy both driver's side and passenger's side airbags. Both seat belt tensioners deployed locking the seat belts in place. Body repair shop replaced both airbags and seat belts and associated sensors, parts, etc. About a month after the repairs were completed while vacuuming the carpet, I noticed a cut in the carpet on the driver's side and the passenger's side of the floorboard just to each side of the middle. See photo below. The carpet wasn't cut before I took my truck into the shop and no work has been performed on it since then. Of course the body repair shop denies that they cut it. Is there any reason they may have cut the carpet when replacing the seat belts? I'm at a loss.
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How does knowing that help you, though?