Ford Five Hundred airbag light comes on

Filed Dec 18, 2019 · Electrical · 87,462 miles · VA

This is a long on going problem with the electrical problem that has been going on now for five months. Started out having the battery cluster light on & check charging system. Found charging a little low, had new alternator installed. Then with a week, battery, engine light & airbag light cluster are on, then the fun began, then all the instrument cluster goes off and you have no turn signals, no fans, no radio, no electric windows, no door locks and no break lights, (but break lights do come on when you apply breaks and the back-up lights come on. The system can come and go on and off while moving and setting still. Have had system checked and coded, they can not find a problem except that it is a electric problem, had all wiring checked, cleaned. No,frayed wire founf and no defective coupling. Again I get it a wire that is grounding and causing problem. All the fuses are ok and know have blown. The only thing I know is this problem was reported to ford back in 2006 or 2007 and they have not put out any recall on it and there dealers know nothing about what to do but they will try and find it at where hourly rate and it could be a hour or several hours to find problem. As I've said this is on going it clear up and last for a week up to six weeks at a time.

Filed Feb 9, 2017 · Airbags · 204,000 miles · IA

My 2005 ford 500 some times the dash quits working radio heat that stuff is fine but the dash it's self RPM speedometor gas gauge all the dash quits and when that happens the airbag light comes on because when the dash quits so does the airbags that is a saftey and should be a recall

Filed Oct 6, 2016 · Airbags · 91,201 miles · PA

While driving airbag light came on several times and then made 1 bong. Ford dealer said I have a bad control module and part is not covered. If this is a safety item should it be covered? Should this module be recalled?

Filed Aug 19, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 220,000 miles · MD

While driving dash lights, speedometer, tachometer, gas level, and temperature go out for several minutes at a time. Reverse lights come on and airbag light comes on. This is dangerous; unable to tell speed! Per internet research this is happening in several ford models and stems from a bad solder joint.

Filed Apr 2, 2014 · Airbags, Electrical · 33,850 miles · MA

Instrument cluster intermittently went dark and/or gauges went to zero/off positions, we pulled over to see if exterior lights worked and all did, as well as blinkers and flashers, but we noted that reverse lights were now on. It has recurred a few times, its most noticeable after dark as dash lights go black. Only light on dash was the airbag light. I went online & found info on a technical service bulletin "tsb 06-17-9 09/04/06 - intermittent instrument cluster", it does not appear to be a recall item so assuming any repairs are entirely owner cost ?

Filed Oct 30, 2012 · Airbags, Electrical · 118,000 miles · PA

The airbag warning light comes on and then the entire gauge cluster (I am talking about the speedometer, the temperature gauge, the gas gauge, and the tachometer) shuts off completely and comes back on randomly. Ten days after initial incident the airbag warning light came on and then the gauge cluster shut off completely and stayed off. The speedometer is the most important part. I have seen several articles online about the same topic, and the belief is that it is due to faulty soldering on the back of the unit.

Filed May 15, 2012 · Electrical, Lights · 135,000 miles · GA

Dash cluster malfunction for all gauges. At the time of malfunction, reverse lamps turn on. If malfunction occurs at night, dash illumination also shuts down. Gauges zero out, top out then flutter at zero. *js have noticed airbag lamp on occasionally.

Filed Jan 3, 2012 · Electrical · 41,500 miles · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that the lights on the instrument panel would shut on and off intermittently without warning. In addition, the check engine and air bag warning lights were illuminated sporadically. She believed that the entire electrical system was faulty since a recent failure of the odometer reading. The dealer advised the contact to bring the vehicle in for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The current mileage was 42,000 and the failure mileage was 41,500.

Filed Feb 17, 2010 · Airbags, Brakes · 80,000 miles · SC · crash

Traveling south on I-26 across the tn/nc border through sam's gap on a snowy day LED me to drive very slow and come to a stop at the truck information area at the top of the hill. When I saw a large transfer truck pull out onto the road and proceed down the hill I felt it was safe to follow. This truck was moving a lot faster than I was and I was "covering the brake" and tapping it occasionally down the steep incline, but there was ice on the road and when I tapped the brakes the car began to spin and hit the concrete median on all 4 corners of the vehicle with pretty strong force. The seat belt correctly locked down on the driver side, but the air bag did not deploy properly. The air bag light was illuminated and I could smell like something was burning. I assumed this was the compound used in the air bag. When the police arrived, I was given a citation for driving too fast for the conditions and another because the insurance recently lapsed. The tow truck driver took the car to the bottom of the hill (driving too fast for the conditions by the way) and declared the car drivable since there were no fluids leaking and the car would still crank. The fuel system had to be reset, because it correctly shut off due to the impact. The seatbelt was locked down completely and would not release. Since there was no snow beyond the sam's gap area, I decided to drive home and park the car because I did not have money for a hotel or for additional towing and the person at the nc welcome center said we were experiencing blizzard conditions. So rather than freeze to death or ask someone else to put themselves in danger to come get me I drove him with the airbag / seatbelt lights alarming. The body shop person I spoke with said that I needed to determine what is wrong with the restraint/airbag system before they can work on it because of the risk of the system deploying without warning.

Filed Jan 5, 2009 · Electrical · 47,000 miles · IL

I am driving a 2005 ford five hundred with the characteristics of tsb 06-17-9 where the instrumentation quits working and then comes back. This has happened several times. However, in addition to that, sometimes the turn signals quit working and when that happens the air bag light comes on and the back up light comes on even though the car is not in reverse. After the car sits a while, this clears up, but the check engine light will be on. It is going in the shop in two days and hopefully can be fixed, hopefully no charge. The turn signal issue is obviously a safety issue.