Ford Flex airbag light comes on

Filed Jul 13, 2026 · Seat belts · OH

Seat belt on driver's side is not coming out smoothly. It will remain locked or come out only a few inches. It takes many tries before you can put the seatbelt on. It clicks out incrementally or sometimes it goes on smoothly with no problems. Once seat belt is on the driver, it locks even when the driver isn't braking or pushing break pedal. The seatbelt may also sometimes be locked when braking and the belt will slip out a couple of clicks allowing forward movement of driver. Seatbelt malfuntion or lack of predictability is a safety issue. This problem has been happening for 3 weeks- at first I thought it was high temperature related and just quirky but it happens throught the day across cooler evenings. I have not had it inspected yet but will be taking to the dealership in the next week or so. No pervasive lights are on indicating an issue. Occasionally my airbag light will come on for a trip and go back off before next start up. It is available for inspection upon request.

Filed Aug 23, 2024 · Airbags · LA

Front Passenger seat air bag light is on all the time. should I stop driving the car? Is this dangerous what does it mean? It is a 2012 Ford flex which I love and have not had any trouble with.

Filed Jan 17, 2022 · Airbags · WI

The air bag light is on stating that the code of b0001 driver frontal stage 1 deployment control and also code u0253. I have never in my life ever had an issue like this. No accidents either

Filed Jul 9, 2019 · Airbags, Steering · OH

I am not sure if I have takata air bags, however the air bag light has been on for over a year. The steering takes additional strength to turn at lower speeds. It does not matter where the car is driven for the steering issue, it happens on city streets, the highway if turning at slower speeds. The rack and pinion and power steering pump have been replaced did not fix the issue.

Filed Feb 13, 2019 · Acceleration, Airbags · 35 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Takata recall the air bags are off and the airbag light flashes sometimes when driving it comes in my dashboard tho remove all objects from behind the passenger sit or driver sit when there is nothing there and now it doesn't wanna acelrate my car at all it parked now for 3 months

Filed Nov 15, 2018 · Acceleration, Airbags · CA

My ford flex 2009 turns on then when I go pout the car on reverse it pulls my car and makes a loud sound then I put it to drive and it does the same when I go to press the gas pedal it does not go at all. The AC turns on but it does not accelerate and the airbags light starts to turn on and off this is now . But a month ago it was drivable and when I was driving in the freeway going 70 miles the airbag lights would turn in and off then the tire pressure sensor fault turned on then the miles o was going when clear nothing on the dashboard would mark and the car was still going but wouldn't wanna go faster and if I break it wouldn't accelerate more.

Filed Oct 1, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · MS · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford flex. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, smoke appeared from the hood and the vehicle spontaneously caught on fire. The contact extinguished the fire and disconnected the battery cables. The air bag warning indicator was illuminated, but the air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Nov 28, 2016 · Airbags · 39,000 miles · TX

The airbag light came on and I took the vehicle to the service department and was told that the interface module part # 18a812 needed to be replaced. My vehicle has never been in a collision where the airbag deployed. My vehicle has been at the service dept for the 2 1/2 months now and no one can tell me when the part is coming and why it is not included in the restraint system warranty since it is considered an airbag module. I can not drive the vehicle since the dealership can not guarantee that it is safe for me to drive since they do not know if the airbags will deploy if I am in a collision or just driving around.

Filed Nov 24, 2014 · Airbags · 98,000 miles · VA · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford flex. While driving 25 MPH the contact crashed head on into another vehicle after the other vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign. The air bag warning light remained illuminated prior to the crash. The air bags failed to deploy. The police advised the contact that due to the impact the air bags should have deployed. The fire department had to force the door open in order to remove the contact from the vehicle. The contact advised the dealer that the air bag light was illuminated and the dealer stated that was a sign that the air bag was not functioning; however, the air bag light was also illuminated when the vehicle was purchased. The contact advised the police and the dealer that she thought the air bag light was suppose to remain on to indicate that it was functioning properly. The dealer advised the contact to call them regarding the air bag failure after she spoke to the manufacturer and the body damage was repaired. The vehicle was being repaired. The contact was injured and continued to experience constant pain. The other driver in the vehicle that caused the crash was also injured. The contact required immediate medical attention. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 98,000.

Filed Oct 30, 2014 · Airbags · 67,000 miles · MI

After work on the vehicle at two ford authorized dealership facilities for issues not related to the air bags, the air bag light in the instrument cluster came on and has stayed on since. I had the code read since then and it comes back as an open circuit in the rh front air bag. I realize that the subject vehicle is out of warranty but as a former vehicle electrical engineer a ford I presume that an inoperative rh front air bag system is dangerous to the driving of the vehicle going forward and would hope that the federal safety agency would protect me from the fact that ford's own recall site is telling me there is no issue. The vehicle has never been in an accident, and any issue with the air bag system must be with the design and/or the manufacturing of the respective parts.