Passenger air bag light when sitting in seat, what gives?
08-26-2013, 03:23 PM
#22
Senior Member
I believe the seat has to see a weight for it to work. I believe the national weight for child in front is 80 lbs so if you weigh more than 80 it should shut off light and activate bag.
I have had a laptop bag in the front seat and it was heavy enough to register but not heavy enough to kill light.
I have had a laptop bag in the front seat and it was heavy enough to register but not heavy enough to kill light.
08-26-2013, 07:06 PM
#23
Ford Customer Service
I won't lie. If I see a recall on this later I'm going to be so ticked. Mine also did this. I even took a pic of it indicating the airbag was off with my wife sitting in the seat. Still, the dealer said it was probably her fault because she might have been sitting off-center, or had a leg up, or something...
I'd like to loop in your regional customer service manager on this. Could you please PM me your name, phone number, VIN, mileage, and dealer info?
Ashley
03-24-2015, 10:57 PM
#25
Member
2014 airbag
The passanger airbag light came on the other day when i was passenger with service manager driving. He told me that i must have turned it off. I called ford and they verified that the airbag dissables itself only when the seat is empty. I just purchased the vehicle and it was in for warranty service. What gives with the service manager blamming me for fords problem. This will be 2 warranty services in 1000 miles. Again i created a case number with ford. Ford also denied that my vehicle was related to the recall of the same.
03-25-2015, 11:30 AM
#26
I have also had this same issue. Mine is a 2012 and has always intermittently said airbag off when someone is sitting in the seat. I have tried different backrest position and different forward and rear positions to see if it makes a difference but no luck. Now starting last week my airbag light in the instrument cluster comes on for a while and goes off the next day. I ran a vehicle health report and it did pick up something wrong with airbag system. I'll be taking it in next week.
03-25-2015, 11:43 AM
#27
Ford Customer Service
The passanger airbag light came on the other day when i was passenger with service manager driving. He told me that i must have turned it off. I called ford and they verified that the airbag dissables itself only when the seat is empty. I just purchased the vehicle and it was in for warranty service. What gives with the service manager blamming me for fords problem. This will be 2 warranty services in 1000 miles. Again i created a case number with ford. Ford also denied that my vehicle was related to the recall of the same.
Please send the case number to me privately so I can investigate this further. Additionally, fill me in with the current mileage as well.
I have also had this same issue. Mine is a 2012 and has always intermittently said airbag off when someone is sitting in the seat. I have tried different backrest position and different forward and rear positions to see if it makes a difference but no luck. Now starting last week my airbag light in the instrument cluster comes on for a while and goes off the next day. I ran a vehicle health report and it did pick up something wrong with airbag system. I'll be taking it in next week.
Brittany