Mercury Mountaineer airbag light comes on

Filed Jan 6, 2019 · Airbags, Steering · NY

Takata recall air bag light stays on for no apparent reason... All the time grinding noises while turning left or right sounds like gears are freely spinning while engaged and driving. No issues with changing gears as far as mechanic says.

Filed Mar 9, 2017 · Airbags · 199,000 miles · VA

While driving on a straight road going 20-25 MPH, my driver and passenger side/curtain airbags deployed for no reason. I pulled over and called my insurance company still confused as to why this happened. They informed me to call ford and report it and cut the airbag enough to see. With no luck on getting help from ford or my insurance company, I'm now dealing with failing inspection due to my airbag light. I feel this is a manufacturer problem as I haven't made any modifications to the vehicle.

Filed Nov 14, 2016 · Airbags · 140,000 miles · AZ

My 2003 mercury mountaineer has a solid air bag light on. It has a code of 33, when you turn the car on, the light goes on and blinks 3 times then 3 more times. This indicates a code 33. Ford has a technical letter about the issue. The letter states there is a kit for this problem. 1l2z-78610e22-aaa is the kit for a medium dark parchment kit. This should be a recall item as it is a known defect. Ford wants to charge $281.00 for the part. Outrageous. I would be forced to pay or not get my state vehicle test passed. Defective part should be covered under safety recall ! See information : 2003 mercury mountaineer build date 09/02 VIN===[xxx] below is a copy of a technical service bulletin regarding your concern. You can buy the kits through any ford dealer, that's about the only place to get them. You'll find the build date on the VIN tag on the driver's door. Ford:2002-2003 explorer mercury:2002-2003 mountaineer issue: some 2002-2003 4dr explorer/mountaineer vehicles may exhibit an air bag warning lamp illuminated with diagnostic trouble code (dtc) b2292 and light flashing code (lfc) 33 (driver seat pretensioner fault), or lfc 34 (passenger seat pretensioner fault). This may be caused by intermittent pretensioner connection at either seat belt buckle. Action: install pretensioner kit for affected side(s) by build date/color. Refer to the following service information for details. Service information obtain correct service kit and refer to instruction sheet included with kit for installation instructions. 2002 model year through 3/3/02 build dates medium dark parchment 1l2z-78610e22-aaa 2002/2003 model years 3/4/02 through 1/17/03 medium dark parchment 1l2z-78610e22-baa [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 27, 2015 · Airbags · 120,000 miles · CA · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury mountaineer. While driving approximately 25 to 30 MPH, the front driver and passenger side air bags deployed without warning. The contact sustained lacerations to the left cheek that required medical attention. The air bag light remained illuminated and flashed a code thirteen. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Mar 24, 2015 · Seats · 45,000 miles · NC

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 mercury mountaineer. The contact stated that when the key was inserted in the ignition switch to start the vehicle, the power seat failed to move forward from the easy exit position. The contact stated that the power seat would also move backwards in a position that prevented the contact from reaching the brake pedal. In addition, the air bag warning indicator illuminated when the failure occurred. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000. Updated 5/28/15 *ta the consumer stated the seat did move forward from easy exit, but immediately or when starting vehicle returned to easy exit. The dealer diagnosed the failure as a weak battery. Vehicle was repaired. Updated 9/17/2015

Filed Aug 6, 2014 · Airbags, Seats · 81,068 miles · MA

Once the key is inserted the seat will move into position and the interior lights turn off. That is what should happen. What happens is my knee nudges the key the car will think I have taken the key out and will turn the interior lights on and move my seat all the way back to its out position. This can cause an accident because me feet no longer touch the pedals. As soon as this happened my air bag light came on but no codes are showing. This has happened multiple times and I am surprised there is not a recall for this since there are others suffering with this as well that I have seen posted in online forums.

Filed Apr 30, 2012 · Airbags · 150,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 mercury mountaineer. The contact stated that after driving into a parking garage, the air bag warning lamp illuminated and the air bags deployed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 150,000.

Filed Feb 17, 2011 · Airbags · 87,000 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 mercury mountaineer. The contact stated she was at the dealer purchasing the vehicle when she noticed the air bag light was illuminated. The technicians repaired the vehicle. The contact was not sure of the repairs made. After the repairers were made, the contact was parked when the front driver side air bag deployed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the technicians replaced the air bag and the restraint control module. However, the air bag deployed a second time. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised her to contact the manufacturer. The manufacturer was contacted and stated they would have to perform a diagnostic test on the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.

Filed Feb 10, 2011 · Airbags · 40,000 miles · CA

Own a 2005 mercury mountaineer. Since I've purchased it I've had issues with the airbag light staying on, the seatbelts not registered as being undone and the gas not registering (I fill it up and it says the last amount and will not say it's full until sometimes 2-3 days). I'm most concerned about the airbags and the seatbelts. I seen that earlier models and 2006 have issues with the airbag not deploying. The dealership has replaced the sensor 3 times for the airbag and put in a new seat belt system about 15 mos. Ago. The dealership will not cover it again and says I need to pay for it. This has been an ongoing problem and from the web research, it's not problems that mercury/ford is unaware. These are safety issues.

Filed Jan 24, 2011 · Airbags · 103,200 miles · TN

We were driving down the road at about 55mph in a 2004 mercury mountaineer and suddenly both side curtain airbags deployed...no accident, no impact, no potholes, no veering off the road...just cruising when this happened. We almost wrecked. Our local ford dealer says we have to pay $80 for a diagnostics test to determine why this happened and determine why the airbag light did not light up ahead of time to warn us if there was a malfunction or problem with airbag sensors or module. However, the dealer says that no matter what they find, ford motor company will not pay for repairs. We will have to pay for them (which we can't afford) and now we have no working airbags at all.