Changed my Seats - Air Bag Dash Light Flashing - ???

[Bronco638]

2001 Edge 4x4, regular cab.

I bought a set of 2005 XLT seats (according to the p.o. of the seats) and swapped out my Edge seats over the weekend. Now, when I turn on the ignition, the air bag light flashes at me.

Should I have disconnected the battery? Or, did I forget to do something else?

The under-seat harnesses have been reconnected.

TIA

 

[Bronco638]

I apologize, I should have done some checking first. Here's LINK to a You Tube video showing how to read the flashes.

Any chance anyone have a link that enumerates all of the possible codes?

 

[ZMan]

I work at a body shop, when we have issues like this we have a company called "airbag services" come out and reset everything, not sure the cost on that though..

 

[XLTsplash]

Seat belt pretensioners are part of the air bag system. Did you keep your original seat belts ? If you have used the pretensioners from a wreaked truck they may have been deployed or just the incorrect part for your Ranger. If you didn't use your original pretensioners I would try plugging them back in.

 

[Bronco638]

^^^

That was the solution, my truck likes its original pre-tensioners. Like the video, the dash light flashed "46" at me so I plugged the driver side pre-tensioner back into the harness. Then, the dash light flashed "47" at me so I plugged the passenger side pre-tensioner back in. No more dash light flashes.

So, either the truck didn't like the (supposedly) 2005 model year pre-tensioners or those seats had been in a wreck (but they show no signs of that). So, I guess I need to pull the seats back out and swap pre-tensioners.