Airbags Deployed. now it wont crank over? 1999

[LIMA BEAN]

Bye your truck more lingerie and these things wouldnt happen... your obviously cut-off.

 

[Rangerous42]

How badly was the truck damaged if at all? and where? Im not sure if this applies with the late 90's style Fords as it does to the newer model Audis but it seems like the ECU could have possibly flipped out because the Airbag sensor was tripped, causing the ECU to enter somewhat of a backup inertia stage... especially since the PATS guy couldn't even pull codes. You said it doesn't even sound like its getting fuel, correct? If i were you i would start by locating the service port near your fuel rail and check for pressure just to be sure. If your getting fuel, head to the starter solenoid and jump the terminal from the hot side of the battery to the one thats going directly to the starter ( Like yyc_tbird_sc mentioned previously, minus needing another person. Just be sure you're in neutral and on a level surface at the least). If those fail then i would guess it is the electrical system, like one of the airbag sensors or a safety switch. But there may be a very small but important piece of information you haven't shared with us yet, so try to inform us all the best you can and we will see whatsUP! Im curious at this point so.....

 

[erocka1982]

it also could be the body control moule (BCM) in the dash. if it wont accept the pats programming, maybe the BCM was killed by the bags deploying. i dont know if theres anyway to test for it, im sure ford can.

 

[kjmclark]

Similar problem, also in a crash, but the problem was happening before the crash, and now after I get it back from the collision shop. It seems to work for two weeks every time another mechanic gets a hold of the thing.

Before I took it to the shop I tried the usual. Replaced the starter with a rebuilt. No joy. Replaced the relay. No joy. Replaced the battery (turned out to be bad), no joy. The tow guy came out to tow it, and tried to start it first. He wacked the starter solenoid good and it started. Started like that for a few weeks, then same problem.

Original shop (pre-crash) said it's the rebuilt starter, though they said they cleaned leaked oil off the starter and got it to work. Collision shop had a similar problem. It was working great up until about the last day they had it. The started the truck to move it, then a few hours later tried to start it again but all they got was the relay click. They replaced the starter, and it worked great for two weeks. Now all I get is click again.

So I know I have a good battery, the engine is fine, the starter relay is fine, the battery is fine. I know it ran for a while after each shop had it. I had the auto shop guy bench test the starter before I took it to the collision shop, and it worked great.

I think I'm down to a bad wire somewhere. It seems like a problem with the ignition switch or the clutch switch would mean no relay clicking. Is that right? The relay clicks every time. Nice loud click. Just no rr-rr-rr.

I did my novice version of a voltage drop test and did see voltage going around the starter wire (thick wire from fender relay to starter post.) I'm assuming that means it's a tired old wire. Any other suggestions?

 

[kjmclark]

Bye your truck more lingerie and these things wouldnt happen... your obviously cut-off.

Maybe one of those black leather hood bra things? I should get one for the wife while I'm at it. Better give em both at the same time, or someone's gonna get jealous!

 

[kjmclark]

Mine turned out to be a corroded wire. I suggest you check the wiring, especially any connections that may have been damaged in the crash. I found my wire problem partly by jumpering from the fender relay to the starter. The jumper cable doesn't make a great connection, but it's enough to get the starter to turn. Bad cable from the relay to the starter.

 

['99 EB Explorer]

I had to use the screwdriver on the starter posts remedy on my '93 a few years ago. Turned out to be the starter solenoid. Had the same symptoms minus the crash. lol. Gas station people didn't apreciate me doing this after filling up tho....lots of sparks >

 

[kimcrwbr1]

park neutral safety switch maybe it got disconnected do you get backup lights

 

[kimcrwbr1]

try moving the shift lever with the key on start